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Managers’ Prototypes Of Financial Terms

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Like most experience, people endow organizations with meaning. Meaninggiving has been explained as a categorization process of matching stimuli against prototypes. This study explores the applicability of such a view to organizations by focusing on a central component of the perspective ‐ prototypes. A phenomenological design is used to uncover the content of organizational prototypes. Data collected from a sample of managers in the financial industry demonstrate the utility of the prototype notion, indicating that further exploration is warranted of how organizations are categorized.

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  • Eric J. Walton, 1986. "Managers’ Prototypes Of Financial Terms," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(6), pages 679-698, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:23:y:1986:i:6:p:679-698
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1986.tb00442.x
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