Unbundling the Structure of Inertia: Resource Versus Routine Rigidity
将组织惯性分为资源刚性和惯例刚性两类，利用报纸行业应对数字媒体崛起的实地数据，发现威胁感知能克服资源刚性但加剧惯例刚性，并构建解释模型。
I work to unbundle the structure of inertia into two distinct categories: resource rigidity (failure to change resource investment patterns) and routine rigidity (failure to change organizational processes that use those resources). Given discontinuous change, a researcher's failure to recognize these distinctions can generate conflicting findings regarding effects of threat perception on inertia. Using field data on the response of newspaper organizations to the rise of digital media, I show that a strong perception of threat helps overcome resource rigidity but simultaneously amplifies routine rigidity. I develop an interpretive model exploring mechanisms for overcoming these divergent behaviors.