Alternative forms of fit in contingency theory.

作者: Robert Drazin , Andrew H. Van de Ven

DOI: 10.2307/2392695

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摘要: Support for this research was provided in part by the Wisconsin Job Service Division of Department Industry, Labor and Human Relations, California Employment Department, Program on Organizational Effectiveness Office Naval Research under contract number NOOO1 4-S4-K-001 6. This paper examines selection, interaction, systems approaches to fit structural contingency theory. These are empirically examined as related a taskcontingency theory work-unit design 629 employment security units Wisconsin. Evidence found support selection these data but not interaction approach. The generalizability findings is discussed terms using alternative explain context-structureperformance relationships

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