Environmental scanning behavior in a transitional economy: Evidence from Russia

We examined the effects of perceived strategic uncertainty in seven environ mental sectors on the scanning behavior of Russian executives. Strategic un certainty was highest in sectors influenced by transition and was moderated by perceptions of accessibility in determining scanning frequency, a relat ionship that held in predicting sources of information scanned. The perceiv ed importance of environmental conditions was central to the relationships, suggesting that decomposition of the strategic uncertainty construct facil itates more insightful analysis of scanning behavior.