ANTECEDENTS TO ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUE INTERPRETATION - THE ROLES OF SINGLE-LEVEL, CROSS-LEVEL, AND CONTENT CUES

This study examined the relationship between individual, group, and or ganizational antecedent variables and strategic and political interpre tations of key organizational issues. Results showed that (1) the thre e sources of influence were linked to strategic and political interpre tations differently, and (2) issue content combined with context and i nterpretive outcomes to define three distinct interpretive environment s. The configurational analyses that define these environments unmask the cross-level effects of several variables on managerial interpretat ion. We discuss implications for studying interpretation at multiple l evels and future research directions.