Managerial discretion and internal alignment under regulatory constraints and change
研究美国航空业中监管约束及其放松如何影响管理者的自由裁量权与内部匹配，发现管理者会在不同领域补偿使用自由裁量权以实现内部匹配，且匹配优于最佳实践。
Abstract This paper investigates the effects of regulatory constraints and their relaxation on managerial discretion and internal fit in the context of the U.S. airline industry. Our results suggest that when managers' discretion is limited in one realm of choice, they compensate by using their greater level of discretion in some other arena to achieve internal fit. We show that the pursuit of fit matters, in the sense of having measurable efficiency consequences, and that fit trumps ‘best practice,’ at least in this context. In this respect, our findings provide a validation of the contingency perspective on internal fit. The ability to achieve fit under changing conditions may express a dynamic managerial capability necessary for adaptive organizational change. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.