Motoko Y Lee
Biographic Data
| ID | 327558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Motoko Y Lee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Motoko Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Lee |
| SIGNATURE | LEE M Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1929-0397 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Democratic Deviations
Organizations that have committed to decentralizing authority can face situations in which centralized decision making is useful or necessary. However, centralization risks undermining an organization’s perceived commitment to decentralization, which can threaten employees’ motivation and commitment, as well as organizational legitimacy. Leveraging a comparative case study of four organizations that had explicitly committed to decentralize author…
Enacting Decentralized Authority
Decentralization as an organizing principle has drawn growing interest from scholars and practitioners because of its perceived suitability for contemporary market conditions and alignment with employees’ evolving work expectations. However, efforts to decentralize authority face significant obstacles and often end in failure. I propose that existing research on decentralization has struggled to generate insight into how such barriers can be over…
Small Business Success in Rural Communities
Building on previous theory and research, we propose a 'structural relational' view of the sex gap in small business success. Our findings, based on analyses of data from 423 small business owners in Iowa, show support for our model and suggest that links between owners, social relational processes, business structure, and small business success operate differently depending on the industry location of the business and the owner's sex. Results al…
Giants of Sociological Theory
Reliability and Validity of Aids Victim Blaming Scales
Scales were developed to measure the tendencies to blame AIDS victims or the society in which victims live. Data from a sample of 874 students were used to examine the construct validity and reliability of the scales. The list-wise deletion reduced the sample size to the usable sample size of 824. The data showed satisfactory validity and reliability of the scales so they may be used to study attitudes toward those who are suffering from AIDS and…
Hypermedia for Classroom Use
Return intention of students from four developing countries
The Married Woman's Status and Role as Reflected in Japanese
Small Business Success in Rural Communities
Building on previous theory and research, we propose a 'structural relational' view of the sex gap in small business success. Our findings, based on analyses of data from 423 small business owners in Iowa, show support for our model and suggest that links between owners, social relational processes, business structure, and small business success operate differently depending on the industry location of the business and the owner's sex. Results al…
Return intention of students from four developing countries
The Married Woman's Status and Role as Reflected in Japanese
The Married Woman's Status and Role as Reflected in Japanese
Return intention of students from four developing countries
Hypermedia for Classroom Use
Reliability and Validity of Aids Victim Blaming Scales
Scales were developed to measure the tendencies to blame AIDS victims or the society in which victims live. Data from a sample of 874 students were used to examine the construct validity and reliability of the scales. The list-wise deletion reduced the sample size to the usable sample size of 824. The data showed satisfactory validity and reliability of the scales so they may be used to study attitudes toward those who are suffering from AIDS and…
Giants of Sociological Theory
Small Business Success in Rural Communities
Building on previous theory and research, we propose a 'structural relational' view of the sex gap in small business success. Our findings, based on analyses of data from 423 small business owners in Iowa, show support for our model and suggest that links between owners, social relational processes, business structure, and small business success operate differently depending on the industry location of the business and the owner's sex. Results al…
Enacting Decentralized Authority
Decentralization as an organizing principle has drawn growing interest from scholars and practitioners because of its perceived suitability for contemporary market conditions and alignment with employees’ evolving work expectations. However, efforts to decentralize authority face significant obstacles and often end in failure. I propose that existing research on decentralization has struggled to generate insight into how such barriers can be over…
Democratic Deviations
Organizations that have committed to decentralizing authority can face situations in which centralized decision making is useful or necessary. However, centralization risks undermining an organization’s perceived commitment to decentralization, which can threaten employees’ motivation and commitment, as well as organizational legitimacy. Leveraging a comparative case study of four organizations that had explicitly committed to decentralize author…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Decentralization (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works)