ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL MODERATORS OF ALLIANCE USE

Authors
DICKSON PH WEAVER KM
Citation
Ph. Dickson et Km. Weaver, ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL MODERATORS OF ALLIANCE USE, Academy of Management journal, 40(2), 1997, pp. 404-425
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Business
Journal title
Academy of Management journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00014273
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
404 - 425
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-4273(1997)40:2<404:EDAIMO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
This study, utilizing data drawn from a sample of 433 Norwegian manufa cturing firms, examined the direct effects of perceived environmental uncertainty and the moderating effects of key manager orientations In determining alliance use. Results support a multidimensional view of p erceived uncertainty and the existence of significant variation in the link between perceived environmental uncertainty and alliance use, wh ich arises as a consequence of key managers' entrepreneurial and indiv idualism/collectivism orientations.