What do Managers’ Survey Responses Mean and What Affects Them? The Case of Market Orientation and Firm Performance

Australasian Marketing Journal - Tập 19 - Trang 137-147 - 2011
Baiding Rong1, Ian F. Wilkinson2
1UBS Securities, Room 102, No. 16, Lane 169, Bailan Road, Shanghai 200062, China
2Discipline of Marketing, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

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Using cross-sectional surveys to support proposed causal sequences in theoretical models is problematic, especially when the informants are managers and performance is a dependent variable. The results of such surveys reveal more about managers sensemaking processes than actual business processes, a rival causal theory that researchers tend to ignore. This problem leads to unsound conclusions and management advice. We illustrate the argument in terms of survey research concerning the relationship between market orientation and firm performance. We show how sensemaking theory can account for existing results including some that otherwise lack explanation. The issues raised challenge many accepted interpretations of research results and have far-reaching implications in terms of the meaning and role of survey research. In addition, they point to important areas for future research.

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Australasian Marketing Journal

Tập 19

137-147

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