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Wiedner, Rene and Mantere, Saku (2019) Cutting the cord : mutual respect, organizational autonomy, and independence in organizational separation processes. Administrative Science Quarterly, 64 (3). pp. 659-693. doi:10.1177/0001839218779806 ISSN 1930-3815.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0001839218779806
Abstract
Based on a longitudinal, qualitative analysis of developments in the English National Health Service, we develop a process model of how organizations divest or spin off units with the aim of establishing two or more autonomous organizational entities while simultaneously managing their continued interdependencies. We find that effective organizational separation depends on generating two types of respect—appraisal and recognition respect—between the divesting and divested units. Appraisal respect involves showing appreciation for competence or the effort to achieve it, while recognition respect requires considering what someone cares about—such as values or concerns—and acknowledging that they matter. The process model we develop shows that open communication is crucial to the development of both. We also find that certain attempts to gain organizational independence and respect may unintentionally undermine the development of autonomy. Counterintuitively, we find that increasing or maintaining interorganizational links via communication may facilitate organizational separation, while attempts by units to distance themselves from one another may unintentionally inhibit it. By linking organizational separation, autonomy, independence, and respect, this paper develops theory on organizational separation processes and more generally enhances our understanding of organizational autonomy and its relations with mutual respect.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Great Britain. National Health Service, Organization, Management | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Administrative Science Quarterly | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1930-3815 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 September 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 64 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 659-693 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0001839218779806 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 May 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 May 2018 | ||||||||
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