THE ASA FRAMEWORK: AN UPDATE
回顾了吸引-选择-淘汰(ASA)循环理论,综述支持创始人及高层管理者通过ASA循环对组织产生长期影响的间接证据,以及组织随时间在人员构成上趋于同质化的直接与间接证据。
In 1987, B. Schneider proposed a person‐oriented model of organizational behavior based on the proposition that it is the collective characteristics of people who define an organization. He further proposed that, over time, organizations become defined by the persons in them as a natural outcome of an attraction‐selection‐attrition (ASA) cycle. We provide a brief overview of the ASA cycle and review literature relevant to two facets of the theory. The literature reviewed provides some indirect support for the proposal that founders and the members of top management have long‐term effects on organizations through the ASA cycle. The literature reviewed provides both indirect and direct evidence supporting a central proposition of ASA theory–that organizations over time become relatively homogeneous with regard to the kinds of people in them. Suggestions for future research on ASA are presented.