Attention allocation to multiple goals: : The case of for-profit social enterprises

• Autores: Robin Stevens, Nathalie Moray, Johan Bruneel, Bart Clarysse
• Localización: Strategic management journal, ISSN 0143-2095, Vol. 36, Nº 7, 2015, págs. 1006-1016
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The complexity of issues firms have to attend to make it impossible for CEOs to give their full attention to all issues concurrently. Drawing on the “attention-based view” of the firm, this paper opens the black box of attention allocation in for-profit social enterprises by showing how attention structures and the context in which the firm operates interplay. Utilizing empirical data on 148 for-profit social enterprises, findings show that the attention structures—other-regarding values, utilitarian identity, and resource availability—have a significant impact on the relative attention to social goals, while past firm performance as a context variable moderates these relations. Applying the principles of structural and situated attention, this paper makes an important contribution to management theory and attention allocation in for-profit social enterprises