Making Sense of the Environment: The Role of Perceived Effectiveness
研究认为决策者对环境不确定性的感知是对自身有效性评估的事后合理化，不同情境导致不同的理解结果。基于两个行业34家企业的高管样本，发现有效性评估与环境不确定性感知通过决策者的理解过程相关联。
This manuscript develops and explores two ideas: (1) that perceptions of environmental uncertainty are after-the-fact rationalizations used by decision makers to explain strong or weak effectiveness assessments, and (2) that different contexts motivate different sense-making outcomes. The findings, based on a sample of senior decision makers from 34 firms in two industries, suggest that assessments of effectiveness and perceptions of environmental uncertainty are related through decision makers' sense-making efforts. The manuscript also addresses the limitations and implications of these results.