Lo, D, Brahm, F, Dessein, W and Minami, C (2022) Managing with Style? Microevidence on the Allocation of Managerial Attention. Management Science, 68 (11). pp. 8261-8285. ISSN 0025-1909
Abstract
How does task expertise affect the allocation of attention? Our theory argues that when attention is scarce, expertise and attention are complements: A manager optimally focuses her attention on tasks in which she has relatively more expertise; she “manages with style.” In contrast, when attention is abundant, attention and expertise become substitutes: A manager shifts her attention toward tasks in which she has less expertise; she “manages against her style.” Using microlevel data on managers from two unrelated companies and employing various measures of time stress and managerial attention, we find converging and supporting evidence. A manager’s attention capacity determines whether she manages with style or against it. Whereas current behavioral approaches view managing with style as prevalent and biased, our theory and findings suggest, instead, that it is contingent and optimal
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Item Type: | Article |
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Subject Areas: | Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2022 12:58 |
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 Apr 2022 |
Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 02:42 |
URI: | https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/2335 |