The Effects of Strategic Decision Processes: A Broad Examination of Contextual Boundary Conditions

Thanos, I.C., Papadakis, V. and Miller, C. (2010) The Effects of Strategic Decision Processes: A Broad Examination of Contextual Boundary Conditions. In: Strategic Management Society 30th Annual International Conference, Rome, Italy, 12th-15th September, 2010,

Abstract

While the general effects of strategic decision processes (e.g. rationality, politicization) on decision outcomes are well established, our knowledge regarding important boundary conditions for these effects is incomplete. The majority of available research incorporates only the moderating role of environmental dynamism. With this consideration in mind, we conducted a multi-method field study of 143 strategic decisions in a non-U.S. setting to investigate whether environmental, organizational, managerial and decision factors moderate the effects of rationality and politicization. Our findings suggest that only two of these four potential sources of moderation actually make a difference (environmental and managerial factors but not organizational or decision factors). Moreover, the findings highlight the risks that are run when only a limited set of contextual moderators are examined in a given study.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Thanos, Dr Ioannis
• Authors: Thanos, I.C., Papadakis, V., and Miller, C.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management

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