DOES CONTEXT AFFECT STAFFING DECISIONS? THE CASE OF GENERAL MANAGERS
基于资源依赖理论，研究了组织情境特征（环境不稳定、战略、绩效、规模）与总经理背景特征（组织熟悉度、职能经验、年龄）的关系，发现情境因素影响总经理类型的选择。
A resource dependency framework (Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978) is applied to general manager (GM) selection decisions. Hypotheses are developed predicting associations between organizational contextual features (environmental instability, strategy, organizational performance, size) and background characteristics of GMs selected to head business units (organizational familiarity, functional experience, age). Data were collected on 40 recent GM selection decisions. Findings indicate that organizational contextual features influence the type of GM selected. Key results are that industry instability, organizational strategy, and organizational size were associated with GMs’organizational familiarity (i.e., tenure levels), and that organizational strategy was associated with the age of selected GMs. This study provides support for the application of a contingency perspective to human resource management.