Problemistic search theory, with its roots in the Carnegie School tradition, describes a
behaviorally plausible process by which firms learn from performance feedback. A firm's …

Three distinct frameworks have been advanced by scholars to analyze organizational
aspirations: behavioral theory, Ansoff's strategic management view, and strategic reference …

Family firms are ubiquitous and play a crucial role across all world economies, but how they
differ in the disclosure of social and environmental actions from non-family firms has been …

Construct validity continues to pose challenges in the organizational sciences. To capture
difficult-to-measure constructs of interest, researchers have often relied on content analysis …

Prior research assumes that discretionary disclosures either (a) contribute to useful decision
making by overcoming information asymmetries between managers and firm outsiders …

This article integrates the literature on strategic cognition (SC) within a framework that links
the antecedents, structure, and process of SC with outcomes. Reviewing the literature from …

To promote theoretical development in family business research, this research identified 327
dependent/outcome variables used in 257 empirical family business studies in 1998-2009 …

The existence of definite organizational goals is a longstanding and central premise in
organization and management research, yet a re‐examination of this body of knowledge is …

The study aimed to determine the correlation between self-efficacy and work performance as
mediated by the work environment. To support the theory of study, literature was reviewed …

Family firm heterogeneity results in reduced predictability of firm behavior as well as
inconsistent results regarding research on family firm behavior. We argue that family firm …