کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1002534 1481780 2016 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The Levers of Control Framework: An exploratory analysis of balance
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
اهرم‌های چارچوب کنترل: یک تحلیل مقدماتی تعادل
کلمات کلیدی
اهرم‌های چارچوب کنترل؛ تعادل؛ کنترل مدیریت؛ آنالیز خوشه ای؛ تئوری اقتضایی؛ نظریه پیکربندی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری حسابداری
چکیده انگلیسی

The impact of the Levers of Control (LOC) framework on the accounting literature is undeniably large. The framework, however, has also been criticized for being vague and ambiguous. One of the central, but unclear, concepts in the LOC framework is the notion of balance. That is, the framework holds that control systems must be in balance in order to manage competing tensions such as that found between predictable goal achievement on the one hand and innovation on the other. The goal of our study is to examine the concept of balance and to provide empirically informed insights on different balancing arrangements that exist in a cross-section of business units. We develop a survey and administer it in person to a convenience sample of business unit managers. Using responses from 217 managers, cluster analysis reveals a stable solution with four distinct patterns of balance, which we interpret using configurational thinking. We label the clusters strategic vigilance, strategic exploitation, strategic responsiveness, and strategic stability respectively, and examine organizational and contextual factors that validate and help explain the observed patterns of balance. By identifying empirical manifestations of balance, our study sheds light on one of the key concepts in the LOC framework, providing an empirically informed starting point for future theoretical analysis and interpretation.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Management Accounting Research - Volume 32, September 2016, Pages 27–44
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