Daniel R Denison
Biographic Data
| ID | 283300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel R Denison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel R |
| FAMILY NAME | Denison |
| SIGNATURE | DENISON D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Which comes first, organizational culture or performance? A longitudinal study of causal priority with automobile dealerships
Prior research supports a link between organizational culture and performance but generally falls short of establishing causality or determining the direction of a culture–performance (C‐P) relationship. Using data collected from 95 franchise automobile dealerships over 6 years, we studied longitudinal culture–performance relationships to determine whether culture or performance has causal priority, or alternatively, whether a reciprocal relation…
Do consistent corporate cultures have better business performance? Exploring the interaction effects
Past research has shown a close connection between organizational culture and effectiveness, but nearly all of this research has examined the direct effects of culture on performance outcomes. In contrast, this article examines the idea that the effects of cultural consistency on organizational performance may differ depending on the levels of other culture traits. Data from 88,879 individuals in 137 public companies using the Denison Organizatio…
Leading culture change in global organizations: Aligning culture and strategy
Foreword by Edgar H. Schein ix Preface xiii 1. Building a High-Performance Business Culture 1 2. Supporting the Front Line 25 3. Creating Strategic Alignment 49 4. Creating One Culture Out of Many 71 5. Exporting Culture Change 91 6. Building a Global Business in an Emerging Market 113 7. Building a Global Business from an Emerging Market 133 8.
Paradox and Performance: Toward a Theory of Behavioral Complexity in Managerial Leadership
The concept of paradox has received increasing attention in the study of leadership, but these new ideas have not yet had much influence on empirical leadership research. This paper examines the development of these ideas in the literature and attempts to clarify what influence they might have on empirical research. One general implication of the paradox perspective, that more effective leaders generally display a more complex and varied set of b…
Toward a Theory of Organizational Culture and Effectiveness
This paper develops a model of organizational culture and effectiveness based on four traits of organizational cultures; involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission. These traits are examined through two linked studies: In the first, qualitative case studies of five firms are used to identify the traits and the nature of their linkage to effectiveness; In the second, a quantitative study provides an exploratory analysis of CEO perceptions…
Modeling Distance Structures in Consumer Research: Scale Versus Order in Validity Assessment
Confirmatory multidimensional scaling (CMDS) is presented as a spatial technique for structural modeling based on ordinal assumptions, and as an alternative to metric techniques such as LISREL. The article links both techniques to the multitrait-multimethod matrix and presents a system for deriving measures of symmetric construct relationships, measurement error, and goodness of fit. Examples show that CMDS and LISREL often give comparable result…
Stepwise Regression in Social and Psychological Research
Researchers often invoke stepwise ordinary least squares regression to explain, predict or classify practical problems or theoretical constructs in psychological and social research. Unfortunately, this statistical technique is used without proper consideration for its inherent theoretical and practical limitations, a problem expected to grow even more serious with the proliferation of statistical packages for use on personal computers. Use of st…
A Contingency Approach to Firm Location: The Influence of Industrial Sector and Level of Technology1
Human Systems Development: New Perspectives on People and Organizations
Creating New Technology-based Organizations: A System Dynamics Model
While the study of mature organizations and bureaucracies is well established, there has been comparatively little examination of the creation and development of new organizations. What work has been done is highly fragmented, primarily by discipline, and concentrates on different facets of a complex phenomenon. Following a literature review and classification this article attempts a conceptual integration; it proposes a system dynamics model for…
Bringing corporate culture to the bottom line
Multidimensional Scaling And Structural Equation Modeling: A Comparison Of Multivariate Techniques For Theory Testing
A "causal modeling" technique, structural equation modeling, is applied in conjunction with a recently developed multidimensional scaling technique, CMDA (Borg and Lingoes, 1980). CMDA (Constrained Monotone Distance Analysis) allows one to place theoretically-derived constraints on a multidimensional scaling solution, and to evaluate both measurement and theory through a series of "regional hypotheses" (Lingoes, 1980). These alternative methods a…
Do consistent corporate cultures have better business performance? Exploring the interaction effects
Past research has shown a close connection between organizational culture and effectiveness, but nearly all of this research has examined the direct effects of culture on performance outcomes. In contrast, this article examines the idea that the effects of cultural consistency on organizational performance may differ depending on the levels of other culture traits. Data from 88,879 individuals in 137 public companies using the Denison Organizatio…
Creating New Technology-based Organizations: A System Dynamics Model
While the study of mature organizations and bureaucracies is well established, there has been comparatively little examination of the creation and development of new organizations. What work has been done is highly fragmented, primarily by discipline, and concentrates on different facets of a complex phenomenon. Following a literature review and classification this article attempts a conceptual integration; it proposes a system dynamics model for…
Which comes first, organizational culture or performance? A longitudinal study of causal priority with automobile dealerships
Prior research supports a link between organizational culture and performance but generally falls short of establishing causality or determining the direction of a culture–performance (C‐P) relationship. Using data collected from 95 franchise automobile dealerships over 6 years, we studied longitudinal culture–performance relationships to determine whether culture or performance has causal priority, or alternatively, whether a reciprocal relation…
A Contingency Approach to Firm Location: The Influence of Industrial Sector and Level of Technology1
Multidimensional Scaling And Structural Equation Modeling: A Comparison Of Multivariate Techniques For Theory Testing
A "causal modeling" technique, structural equation modeling, is applied in conjunction with a recently developed multidimensional scaling technique, CMDA (Borg and Lingoes, 1980). CMDA (Constrained Monotone Distance Analysis) allows one to place theoretically-derived constraints on a multidimensional scaling solution, and to evaluate both measurement and theory through a series of "regional hypotheses" (Lingoes, 1980). These alternative methods a…
Bringing corporate culture to the bottom line
Human Systems Development: New Perspectives on People and Organizations
Creating New Technology-based Organizations: A System Dynamics Model
While the study of mature organizations and bureaucracies is well established, there has been comparatively little examination of the creation and development of new organizations. What work has been done is highly fragmented, primarily by discipline, and concentrates on different facets of a complex phenomenon. Following a literature review and classification this article attempts a conceptual integration; it proposes a system dynamics model for…
Stepwise Regression in Social and Psychological Research
Researchers often invoke stepwise ordinary least squares regression to explain, predict or classify practical problems or theoretical constructs in psychological and social research. Unfortunately, this statistical technique is used without proper consideration for its inherent theoretical and practical limitations, a problem expected to grow even more serious with the proliferation of statistical packages for use on personal computers. Use of st…
A Contingency Approach to Firm Location: The Influence of Industrial Sector and Level of Technology1
Modeling Distance Structures in Consumer Research: Scale Versus Order in Validity Assessment
Confirmatory multidimensional scaling (CMDS) is presented as a spatial technique for structural modeling based on ordinal assumptions, and as an alternative to metric techniques such as LISREL. The article links both techniques to the multitrait-multimethod matrix and presents a system for deriving measures of symmetric construct relationships, measurement error, and goodness of fit. Examples show that CMDS and LISREL often give comparable result…
Paradox and Performance: Toward a Theory of Behavioral Complexity in Managerial Leadership
The concept of paradox has received increasing attention in the study of leadership, but these new ideas have not yet had much influence on empirical leadership research. This paper examines the development of these ideas in the literature and attempts to clarify what influence they might have on empirical research. One general implication of the paradox perspective, that more effective leaders generally display a more complex and varied set of b…
Toward a Theory of Organizational Culture and Effectiveness
This paper develops a model of organizational culture and effectiveness based on four traits of organizational cultures; involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission. These traits are examined through two linked studies: In the first, qualitative case studies of five firms are used to identify the traits and the nature of their linkage to effectiveness; In the second, a quantitative study provides an exploratory analysis of CEO perceptions…
Do consistent corporate cultures have better business performance? Exploring the interaction effects
Past research has shown a close connection between organizational culture and effectiveness, but nearly all of this research has examined the direct effects of culture on performance outcomes. In contrast, this article examines the idea that the effects of cultural consistency on organizational performance may differ depending on the levels of other culture traits. Data from 88,879 individuals in 137 public companies using the Denison Organizatio…
Leading culture change in global organizations: Aligning culture and strategy
Foreword by Edgar H. Schein ix Preface xiii 1. Building a High-Performance Business Culture 1 2. Supporting the Front Line 25 3. Creating Strategic Alignment 49 4. Creating One Culture Out of Many 71 5. Exporting Culture Change 91 6. Building a Global Business in an Emerging Market 113 7. Building a Global Business from an Emerging Market 133 8.
Which comes first, organizational culture or performance? A longitudinal study of causal priority with automobile dealerships
Prior research supports a link between organizational culture and performance but generally falls short of establishing causality or determining the direction of a culture–performance (C‐P) relationship. Using data collected from 95 franchise automobile dealerships over 6 years, we studied longitudinal culture–performance relationships to determine whether culture or performance has causal priority, or alternatively, whether a reciprocal relation…
Computer Science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Management (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (5 works) · Organizational culture (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Econometrics (4 works) · Political science (4 works)