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The trials and tribulations of addressing global organizational ignorance

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  • Harvey, Michael
  • Novicevic, Milorad

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The dynamic process of globalizing an organization's business activities is marked with uncertainty and high risk due to, in part, the global organizational ignorance of management. In this paper, the authors examine the nature and forms of global organizational ignorance as well as the environmental factors contributing to its emergence. Drawing on the body of theoretical developments and empirical findings the authors identify specific managerial errors and contexts associated with the phenomena of probabilistic and pluralistic ignorance. The authors summarize a means of classifying the causes of ignorance into a practical framework in an effort to facilitate managerial attention to the issue of global organizational ignorance.

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  • Harvey, Michael & Novicevic, Milorad, 1999. "The trials and tribulations of addressing global organizational ignorance," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 431-443, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:17:y:1999:i:4:p:431-443
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    1. Harvey, Michael & Treadway, Darren & Heames, Joyce Thompson, 2006. "Bullying in global organizations: A reference point perspective," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 190-202, June.
    2. Harvey, Michael & Novicevic, Milorad M., 2002. "The hypercompetitive global marketplace: the importance of intuition and creativity in expatriate managers," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 37(2), pages 127-138, July.

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