Ilke Inceoglu

Get article: doi.org/10.5465/annals.2022.… 💡Individual and Firm Performance: Not as “COMPLEX” as believed to be 💡 Our @AOMConnect Annals article shows performance is not as complex. Key insights: 🔹 Understanding Meta-Theory: Think of meta-theory as an umbrella that covers and connects various specific theories. It helps integrate diverse, sometimes conflicting theories by offering a more abstract, overarching perspective. Meta-theories consist of meta-theoretical constructs derived systematically from individual theories. These constructs provide a high-level abstraction of concepts across different theories. 🔹 We've moved beyond seeing performance purely as a process or outcome. Instead, we view it as a dynamic system composed of interconnected parts. 🔹 Our review identifies six meta-theoretical constructs vital for understanding performance: 1️⃣ Firm-Level: (1) Capabilities, (2) Structures, (3) Transactions 2️⃣Individual-Level: (4) Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs), (5) Roles, & (6) Relationships 🔹 Deep Dive into Meta-theoretical Constructs: 🔹Capabilities: Essential internal resources for achieving firm performance. Theories like dynamic capabilities and upper echelons theory play a significant role here. 🔹Structures: Organizational configurations that dictate interactions and procedures. Insights from institutional theory and contingency theory highlight their importance. 🔹Transactions: Exchanges or transfers that facilitate strategic actions. Agency theory and resource dependence theory offer valuable perspectives. 🔹KSAOs: Attributes of workers that impact performance, with theories such as conservation of resources and self-determination theory shedding light on their significance. 🔹Roles: Social systems and expectations influencing group decisions and actions. Theories like role congruity and trait activation theory provide clarity. 🔹Relationships: Fundamental to organizational behavior, theories like social exchange and leadership theory explore the dynamics of interpersonal interactions. By adopting a meta-theoretical lens, we not only simplify the complex landscape of performance theories but also open new avenues for research and collaboration. This integrated approach helps us see performance in a new light —as a multi-component, dynamic system. I'm excited to see where this perspective takes us in understanding and enhancing performance across levels! @AACSB @AACSBschools @AcademyOfIndia1 @AIB_LAC @AIB_World @anzam_news @AOM_CTO @AOM_HCM @AOM_OB @AOM_ONE @AOM_SIM @AOM_STR @AOM_TIM @AOMDEI @bam_ac_uk @bar_anpad @cmdivision @cms_aom @EasternAoM @EAWOP @EFMDNews @egosnet @ENT_Div_AoM @EURAM_BXL @GW_OVPR @gwbusiness @GWSBalumni @GWtweets @HR_Div_AoM @IberoAoM @IIAS_IISA @MFCAinc @mh_aom @MOC_AOM @MOCDivision @RMD_AOM @SIOPSA @SiopsaConf11 @SIOPtweets @SouthernMgt @Strategic_Mgmt @SWAcademyOfMGMT @ThePhDProject @ICSB