Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7413231 | Journal of World Business | 2018 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
This paper extends international business theory by providing insights into contextual boundaries of the dominant strategic adaptation model, based on assumptions of low power distance and a bottom-up management style. We challenge them by examining the context of Asian organizations with contrasting management style and ask how it is possible for them to adapt. We propose a supplementary “top-down” model of adaptation, supported by empirical data from East Asian organizations. The model involves low autonomy of lower- and middle-level managers, but fluid communication from bottom to top, enabling informed but authoritarian adaptive decision-making exclusively at the behest of top management.
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Authors
Randy Fowler, Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos, Malcolm Chapman,