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MANAGERS’ PROTOTYPES OF FINANCIAL TERMS
Author(s) -
Walton Eric J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1986.tb00442.x
Subject(s) - categorization , perspective (graphical) , matching (statistics) , sample (material) , meaning (existential) , process (computing) , component (thermodynamics) , business , knowledge management , marketing , process management , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , statistics , chemistry , physics , chromatography , psychotherapist , thermodynamics , operating system
Like most experience, people endow organizations with meaning. Meaninggiving has been explained as a categorization process of matching stimuli against prototypes. This study explores the applicability of such a view to organizations by focusing on a central component of the perspective ‐ prototypes. A phenomenological design is used to uncover the content of organizational prototypes. Data collected from a sample of managers in the financial industry demonstrate the utility of the prototype notion, indicating that further exploration is warranted of how organizations are categorized.