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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Leroy Gonsalves – Organizational Behavior, Harvard University
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SUMMARY:Leroy Gonsalves – Organizational Behavior, Harvard University
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<a data-url="https://hbs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3QMpUFihMNEwzTn" href="https://hbs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3QMpUFihMNEwzTn" title="">RSVP HERE!</a></p><p>	<strong>Under Pressure: Evidence for the Strain Theory of Organizational Misconduct</strong></p><p>	<span>Strain theory has long been invoked to explain the prevalence of misconduct in organizations, with underperformance creating pressure for managers to engage in illegal activities. Drawing on research on risk- taking, I theorize a ‘legal risk’ effect, where firms’ response to performance strain is contingent upon both internal legal capacity and external legal risk. I further predict that underperforming firms will be most likely to engage in proximate forms of misconduct (economic and labor misconduct) which are subject to short-term managerial discretion as compared to distal forms of misconduct (environment and product misconduct) that tend to arise from carelessness or complexity. I find support for these propositions using longitudinal data on all material legal claims filed against S&amp;P1500 firms between 2000-2017. The study builds on the strain theory of organizational misconduct, providing a more nuanced understanding of when and how performance strain is most likely to manifest in particular kinds of illegal activities.</span></p>
LOCATION:HBS Chao 300
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