The Dual Function of Organizational Structure: Aggregating and Shaping Individuals’ Votes

The authors are thankful for the insightful comments provided by the senior editor, Felipe Csaszar, and three anonymous reviewers. The authors gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments on earlier versions of this paper provided by Robert Gibbons, Steffen Keck, Daniella Laureiro, Sheen S. Levine, Hart Posen, Phanish Puranam, Martin Schweinsberg, Roderick Swaab, and Stefan Thau. The paper benefitted from discussions with participants of the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Organizational Behavior, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) Strategic Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management (TIES), University of Oregon Management, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Organization Behavior, and Wharton Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. The authors are thankful for able research assistance by Philipp Reineke and Fang Yanfu. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The two authors contributed equally to this article.