Do they differ? Analysis of the use of management control proxies: Breaking the paradigms of Institutional Theory

Daciê, Franciele Do Prado; Espejo, Márcia

ISBN 10: 6208638755 / ISBN 13: 9786208638757

Published by Our Knowledge Publishing, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Do they differ? Analysis of the use of management control proxies: Breaking the paradigms of Institutional Theory
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6208638755
• ISBN 13: 9786208638757
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The literature configures local productive arrangements as an institution, since actions are mimetically standardized as a result of the interaction links between members. On the other hand, it is considered that the process of managing companies is carried out by people, and the entrepreneur, when taking on management functions, tends to have some characteristic attributes that distinguish him in his decisions. This scenario led this study to verify whether the psychological characteristics of the entrepreneur are capable of influencing the management practices and performance of companies in the same institutional environment. The study addresses the psychological characteristics of entrepreneurial orientation and metacognition, while managerial practices are the formal and informal mechanisms applied to support the decision-making process. The study adopts an epistemologically positivist stance, with a quantitative approach and data collection based on structured interviews with entrepreneur-managers from 121 industries in the clothing APL in north-west Paraná.