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Title: | Revisiting organizational age, inertia, and adaptability: developing and testing a multi-stage model in the nonprofit sector | Authors: | Chen, Chung-An | Keywords: | Inertia Adaptability Organizational age Multi-stage model Nonlinear relationship |
Issue Date: | 2014 | Source: | Chen, C.-A. (2014). Revisiting organizational age, inertia, and adaptability: Developing and testing a multi-stage model in the nonprofit sector. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 27(2), 251-272. | Series/Report no.: | Journal of Organizational Change Management | Abstract: | Purpose – The literature of organizational change hints that adaptability and inertia not only counterbalance but also reinforce each other, and the inertia-adaptability balance over time is nonlinear. The author aims to address this view more clearly by presenting a multi-stage conceptual model that delineates how adaptability and inertia take turns to override each other. In addition, data collected from over 400 nonprofit organizations within the USA were used to test this model. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses polynomial regression to examine the multi-stage conceptual model. More precisely, it tests how organizational age influences an organization's innovativeness, managerial risk aversion, and red tape. Findings – The findings support the multi-stage conceptual model. The results imply that organizational ecology and rational adaptation are mutually compatible perspectives in explaining organizational age dynamics. Originality/value – This study introduces a multi-stage model that more clearly examines how adaptability and inertia counterbalance and reinforce over time. More importantly, the author empirically examines the nonlinear organizational age dynamics using quantitative data. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80602 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40572 |
ISSN: | 0953-4814 | DOI: | 10.1108/JOCM-10-2012-0166 | Rights: | © 2014 Emerald. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Journal of Organizational Change Management, Emerald. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-10-2012-0166]. | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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