- Title
- Reputational change among managers
- Creator
- Zinko, Robert; Gentry, William A.; Hall, Angela; Grant, Gary L.
- Relation
- Journal of Managerial Issues Vol. 24, Issue 1, p. 9-26
- Relation
- https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-292853002/reputational-change-among-managers
- Publisher
- Pittsburg State University
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- The purpose of this study is to examine and extend research on the burgeoning area of a manager's reputation. Not only is current theory still being developed regarding how a reputation is formed, but even less is known about whether and how a manager's reputation could change. Building upon current theory, this study is one of the first to examine whether managers are able to change their reputations by altering their observable actions. Such actions are a way of "signaling" to their audience that change is occurring. In turn, this study proposes that an audience will reassess the focal-manager in question, assigning a new reputation to the manager based upon these observable changes. First, a theoretical foundation for reputation is offered, and hypotheses developed. Next, the methodology is explained and the results of the change of the reputation of the focal-managers are described. Finally, a discussion of the findings and how they contribute to the field, practical applications, limitations, and future research directions for the field are presented.
- Subject
- managers; mentoring; reputation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1302863
- Identifier
- uon:20562
- Identifier
- ISSN:1045-3695
- Language
- eng
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