Neoclassical Economic Theory, Executive Control, and Organizational Outcomes

Bibliographic Data

ID9889586
AuthorsDiane L Swanson (Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume49
Issue6
Pages735-756
Publication date1996-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001872679604900602
OpenAlexW2164563101
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited69

This manuscript examines neoclassical economic theory's egoistic, hedonistic, and autonomous kind of individualism and argues that this theoretical perspective on self can be congruent with executive power and control behavior. Using ideal-types of models, it proposes how this kind of executive behavior can arise from ego-insecurity to stifle the potential for shared meaning and social integration in organizations

Control (management · Economics · Epistemology · Executive summary · Id, ego and super-ego · Ideal (ethics · Individualism · Management · Meaning (existential · Methodological individualism · Neoclassical economics · Perspective (graphical · Positive economics · Power (physics · Sociology · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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