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THE NATURE AND TRANSFORMATION OF CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS: A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE AND A RESEARCH AGENDA
Author(s) -
Ferlie Ewan,
Pettigrew Andrew
Publication year - 1996
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.1467-6486.1996.tb00166.x
Subject(s) - extant taxon , descriptive research , field (mathematics) , work (physics) , strengths and weaknesses , organizational change , positive economics , public relations , sociology , business , political science , marketing , epistemology , psychology , social science , economics , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology , philosophy
In this paper we suggest that the study of attempts to secure headquarters level change may now be of increasing significance. Evidence of a wave of HQ level change is beginning to accumulate and requires further investigation. the twin purposes of this paper are: (1) in descriptive terms, to gather such evidence as is already available about the nature and extent of HQ level change; to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the extant literature; to suggest where further descriptive work needs to take place; and (2) in explanatory terms, to build some initial and alternative organizational and managerial theories that could inform the study of HQ change; to propose a medium‐term research agenda that can be tested in the field.