tensions, they often tend to fall back on individuals. In particular for middle managers, combining the maintenance of legacy … and interrelated with local institutional contexts. This dissertation seeks to understand how managers constructively deal … corporate structure. As a central argument, managers rely on practices that mirror the external ambiguity, resulting from both …

develop theory on the dynamic processes through which decision-makers can overcome their cognitive constraints. Second, it … develops theory on the particular roles of social influence mechanisms from the organization's internal and external context … studies. They offer conceptual accounts of how top managers vary in their use of attention capacity, and of reasoning routines …