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To examine how underspecified and overspecified managerial mental models influence environmental exploration and organizational performance.

November 13, 2015Strategic Management Journal

Consequences of misspecified mental models: Contrasting effects and the role of cognitive fit

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DMDirk MartignoniSKEMA Business School AMAnoop MenonHarvard University NSNicolaj SiggelkowUniversity of Pennsylvania

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Simulation study reveals contrasting performance effects of underspecified and overspecified mental models in managerial decision-making, highlighting the importance of cognitive fit.

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To examine how underspecified and overspecified managerial mental models influence environmental exploration and organizational performance.
Designed a computational simulation model tracking how managers explore choice variables and perceive interdependencies.
Evaluated performance dynamics across conditions where decision-makers controlled all choice variables versus only a subset.
Underspecification and overspecification produce opposite effects on the extent of exploration and resulting organizational performance.
The direction of performance outcomes relies on whether a manager maintains full control over all decision variables.
Misspecified mental models drive an endogenous feedback loop, directing initial learning and determining subsequent information generation.

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Martignoni et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1e7dff60864841a668f8d9 https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2479

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Simulation study reveals contrasting performance effects of underspecified and overspecified mental models in managerial decision-making, highlighting the importance of cognitive fit.

Consequences of misspecified mental models: Contrasting effects and the role of cognitive fit

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Consequences of misspecified mental models: Contrasting effects and the role of cognitive fit

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