The Relationships Between MBO System Strength and Goal‐Climate Quality and Strength
研究了土耳其多元化家族企业集团中目标管理体系强度对业务单元目标氛围质量和强度的影响，发现体系强度正向预测氛围质量与强度，其中独特性维度尤为关键。
We adopted Bowen and Ostroff's ( ) HRM system strength concept so as to test it within the context of a management by objectives ( MBO ) system, which was utilized by six independent firms owned by a large, diversified family business group in Turkey. For this purpose, we surveyed the middle managers to measure 10 context‐specific metafeatures of the MBO system. By using aggregated scores at the functional group level (N = 47), we captured the distinctiveness, consistency, and consensus dimensions of this HRM practice. We tested and compared three alternative theoretical models of HRM strength where the three dimensions have compensatory, additive, and distinctiveness mediated effects on climate quality and strength. Results support the compensatory model and indicate that the strength of the MBO system (as a reflective latent variable representing the shared variance of the system's distinctiveness, consistency, and consensus) is positively related to business units’ quality and strength of goal climate. In addition, distinctiveness—but not consistency and consensus—of the MBO system appears to be particularly critical for the emergence of a strong and high‐quality goal climate. Lastly, implications and limitations of the study as well as possible future research directions are discussed. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.