The Follower's Dilemma: Innovation and Imitation in the Professional Services Industry
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- 1 October 2010
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 53 (5) , 1175-1193
Abstract
We propose that organization members overestimate the degree to which others share their views on ethical matters. Further, we argue that being a broker in an advice network exacerbates this false consensus bias. That is, a high level of “betweenness centrality” increases an individual's estimates of agreement with others on ethical issues beyond what is warranted by any actual increase in agreement. We tested these ideas in three separate samples: graduate business students, executive students, and employees. Individuals with higher betweenness centrality overestimated the level of agreement between their ethical judgments and their colleagues'.Keywords
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