Sector imprinting : exploring its impacts on managers' perceived formalized personnel rules, perceived red tape, and current job tenure

• Main Author: Chen, Chung-An
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98354; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12453
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Social phenomena often involve long-term changes, but most organizational studies focusing on sector comparison have not illuminated the decisive role that time plays. I tested “sector imprinting,” the effect that occurs when an individual who has adapted to the norms of one sector, moves to anot...