Tarakci et al. (2018), Strategic Management Journal

Performance feedback and middle managers’ divergent strategic behavior: The roles of social comparisons and organizational identification

In a Fortune 500 firm, middle managers' searching for and championing of new strategic initiatives was tied more to how they compared with peers and other units than to how they compared with their own past results.

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