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024	7		_a10.1007/978-3-642-35837-1 _2doi
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100	1		_aWülferth, Hagen. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aManagerial Discretion and Performance in China _h[electronic resource] : _bTowards Resolving the Discretion Puzzle for Chinese Companies and Multinationals / _cby Hagen Wülferth.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg : _bImprint: Physica, _c2013.
300			_aXXIII, 534 p. 43 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aContributions to Management Science, _x1431-1941
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Literature Review and Hypotheses -- Unit of Analysis -- Model Specification -- Validity and Reliability of Empirical Discretion Model -- Empirical Results of Model -- Conclusion.
520			_aThe theoretical and empirical literature to date has fallen short of reaching a consensus as to whether granting more managerial discretion to managers tends to enhance, not alter or diminish organisational performance (the discretion puzzle). This book aims to build a bridge between these contradictory results by synthesising principal-agent theory, stewardship theory, and managerial discretion theory into a new empirically-validated model. Using a representative sample of 'double-blind' interviews with managers of 467 firms in China and applying partial least squares path modelling (PLS), the study identifies a potential cause of the discretion puzzle: the failure of the extant literature to account for granularity in the way that managers use their discretion. This generates far-reaching implications for theoretical and empirical research as well as practical recommendations for managing managers in multinationals and Chinese companies.
650		0	_aEconomics.
650		0	_aBusiness planning.
650	1	4	_aEconomics/Management Science.
650	2	4	_aBusiness Strategy/Leadership.
650	2	4	_aEmerging Markets/Globalization.
650	2	4	_aOrganization/Planning.
650	2	4	_aHuman Resource Management.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642358364
830		0	_aContributions to Management Science, _x1431-1941
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35837-1
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