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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2015-04-01

发表刊物：LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY

收录刊物：SSCI、SCIE、Scopus

卷号：26

期号：2

页面范围：270-285

ISSN号：1048-9843

关键字：Impression management; Organizational decline; Publicity; Image concerns; Incentive compensation

摘要：In this study, we develop and examine a model of leaders' impression management during organizational decline by elaborating on the roles of publicity, image concerns, and incentive compensation. We propose that the publicity of decline is an important antecedent of leaders' impression management during decline. We also examine how leaders' image concerns mediate this positive relationship. In addition, we consider the relative influence of incentive compensation and fixed compensation on the relationship between leaders' image concerns and their impression management during decline. Our results, based on a specially-designed management simulation game conducted with experienced Chinese managers, show that high publicity of decline elevates leaders' image concerns, which in turn increases their impression management during decline. In addition, incentive compensation strengthens rather than weakens the effects of leaders' image concerns on their impression management. We discuss the implications of leaders' impression management during organizational decline. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.