When Do Theories Become Self-Fulfilling? Exploring the Boundary Conditions of Performativity
Abstract
Management researchers increasingly realize that some theories do not merely describe but also shape social reality—a phenomenon known as “performativity.” However, when theories become performative or even self-fulfilling is still poorly understood. Taking this gap in current research as our starting point, we develop a process model to show that new theories will only become self-fulfilling if (1) they motivate experimentation, (2)...
Paper Details
Title
When Do Theories Become Self-Fulfilling? Exploring the Boundary Conditions of Performativity
Published Date
Jul 1, 2018
Journal
Volume
43
Issue
3
Pages
487 - 508
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