Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

"Agency theory is an important, yet controversial, theory. This paper reviews agency theory, its contributions to organization theory, and the extant empirical work and develops testable propositions. …"

"We struggle to manage complexity every day. We follow intricate diets to lose weight, juggle multiple remotes to operate our home entertainment systems, face proliferating data at the office, and hack…"

"Organizational design often focuses on structural alternatives such as matrix, decentralization, and divisionalization. However, control variables offer a more flexible approach. The purpose of this p…"

"Recent organizational approaches to control suggest two underlying control strategies. On the one hand, control can be accomplished through performance evaluation. Performance evaluation refers to the…"