Organization Design, Proximity, and Productivity Responses to Upward Social Comparison
Published Online:6 Feb 2017https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2016.1103
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- Received:November 20, 2015
- Accepted:October 31, 2016
- Published Online:February 06, 2017
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Tomasz Obloj, Todd Zenger (2017) Organization Design, Proximity, and Productivity Responses to Upward Social Comparison. Organization Science 28(1):1-18.
https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2016.1103
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The authors would like to thank conference participants at the 2014 Academy of Management, 2014 Strategy Science INFORMS, 2015 Strategic Management Society, and 2015 Strategy Research Forum meetings, as well as seminar participants at Bocconi University, Cambridge University, INSEAD, LMU Munich, London Business School, and SKEMA Business School for their helpful comments. They owe special thanks to Lamar Pierce, Andy King, Nicholas Argyres, and three anonymous reviewers.
