Arbeitspapier
The breakdown of authority
This paper studies organizations with autocratic decisionmaking, i.e., where superiors make the decisions and subordinates either defy or submit to the authority. Superiors differ in the degree to which they fear defiance. The superiors who need obedience most face a fundamental credibility problem, which, in fact, makes them the least likely to be obeyed. The subordinate’s competence has conflicting effects on the superior’s welfare: competent subordinates comprise better sources of information but also harsher yardsticks. The result is that superiors prefer subordinates of medium competence.
- Weitere Titel
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Das Versagen der Autorität
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2003-07
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Production and Organizations: General
Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior: General
- Thema
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Authority
organization theory
autocratic decision making
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Frisell, Lars
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2003
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Frisell, Lars
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Entstanden
- 2003
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