Managerial Search Activity: The Impact of Perceived Role Uncertainty and Role Threat
研究角色不确定性和角色威胁对管理者信息搜索活动的影响，发现搜索行为取决于不确定性与威胁的复杂交互作用，挑战了以往简单化的理解。
This empirical study examines both the individual and combined effects of role uncertainty and role threat on managerial information search activity. Results from a survey of 215 managers in six organizations suggest that search is a function of a complex interaction between levels of uncertainty and threat in the role context. Findings suggest that previous conceptualizations of the relationships among uncertainty, threat, and search activity may have been overly simplistic.