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The effects of task environment and organizational agility on perceived managerial discretion and strategy implementation in a pharmaceutical company

Wilsa Theodore (Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia)
Rhenald Kasali (Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia)
Tengku Ezni Balqiah (Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia)
Lily Sudhartio (Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia)

International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing

ISSN: 1750-6123

Article publication date: 30 December 2021

Issue publication date: 26 April 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the relationship between task environment, organizational agility, perceived managerial discretion and strategy implementation on unit performance.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the literature review, a structural model was developed. A 74-item questionnaire was circulated among middle managers in sales and marketing. The data collection method used purposive sampling. A total of 228 valid responses were obtained. This study was conducted in a leading pharmaceutical company in Indonesia. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.

Findings

Based on the data analysis, this study shows that task environment and organizational agility act as antecedents of perceived managerial discretion, which drives strategy implementation resulting in unit performance.

Originality/value

Different from previous studies that examined the linkage of inertial forces and discretion, this research scrutinized the effects of organizational agility on perceived managerial discretion and the direct role of perceived managerial discretion on internal strategy implementation.

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Citation

Theodore, W., Kasali, R., Balqiah, T.E. and Sudhartio, L. (2022), "The effects of task environment and organizational agility on perceived managerial discretion and strategy implementation in a pharmaceutical company", International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 204-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPHM-11-2021-0116

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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