What do strategists have in their minds? The use of structural equation modeling to understand the strategy process

Rafael Lucian, Gabriela Lins Barbosa, José Milton de Sousa Filho, Felipe Augusto Pereira and Itiel Moraes da Silva
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Rafael Lucian: Boa Viagem College
Gabriela Lins Barbosa: Board of Research in Organizational Strategies
José Milton de Sousa Filho: Federal University of Pernambuco
Felipe Augusto Pereira: Federal University of Pernambuco
Itiel Moraes da Silva: Adventist School of Administration of Northeast

Brazilian Business Review, 2008, vol. 5, issue 2, 86-102

Abstract: This study is an attempt to understand how the dimensions of the strategy process (change, thinking and formation) are present in strategists’ minds. The methodology used is exploratory-descriptive. During the exploratory stage, we carried out desk research, which resulted in the development of a measurement tool for the strategy process. For the descriptive stage, we conducted a virtual survey of a sample of 109 executives of different companies. The data obtained were submitted to multivariate analysis (factor analysis and structural equations modeling). The factors that formed the studied dimensions were identified, confirming the existence of paradoxes in the strategy process. The dependence relations and the correlations observed were used as an input for the construction of a model for the strategy process.

Keywords: strategy process; structural equations modeling; cognitive maps. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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