Abstract
Building on the Cognitive-Affective Personality System (CAPS) theory of personality, the paper develops a model of the origins of organizational routines defined as recurrent action patterns. It proposes that routines evolve from repeated group-level behaviors that are triggered by features of situations and mediated by cognitive-affective processes. Comparable processes mediate personality in the CAPS theory. As a consequence, the paper conceives of personalities and organizations as complementary situation-behavior systems mediated by similar cognitiveaffective processes. Implications are discussed for research into organizational routines,
organizational learning and change, and the theory of the firm.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-29 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Meeting Academy of Management |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | Academy of Management Annual Meeting (68th : 2008) - Anaheim, United States Duration: 8 Aug 2008 → 13 Aug 2008 |
Keywords
- routines
- organizational theory
- psychology
- theory of the firm