The contingency theory of organizations

書誌事項

The contingency theory of organizations

Lex Donaldson

(Foundations for organizational science)

Sage Publications, c2001

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-313) and index

収録内容

  • Core paradigm and theoretical integration
  • Organic theory and research
  • Bureaucracy theory and research
  • Causality and contingency in bureaucracy theory
  • Controversies in contingency theory research
  • Challenges from other theories
  • Fit concept and analysis
  • Fit affects performance
  • Neo-contingency theory
  • Future research opportunities

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for future research. The opening chapter presents a theoretical integration to provide the reader with an overview that makes sense of what is a large literature. It also argues that there is an underlying core paradigm that renders contingency theory coherent. The next chapters lay out the foundations of contingency theory by reviewing the pioneering contributors to theory and empirical research. This is followed by an examination of the causal models in the received bureaucracy research literature and an attempt to put them on a more truly contingency theory base. Chapters 7 and 8 examine in detail the concept of fit and its relationship with performance, including the empirical research studies. Chapter 9 presents possible new developments for contingency theory, to make it more coherent and, hopefully, valid. These new developments include the concepts of disequilibrium, quasi-fit and hetero-performance. All three are novel concepts that substantially revise and improve contingency theory. The final chapter offers suggestions on how to operationalize the ideas in this book in terms of hypotheses for future empirical research.

目次

Core Paradigm and Theoretical Integration Organic Theory and Research Bureaucracy Theory and Research Causality and Contingency in Bureaucracy Theory Controversies in Contingency Theory Research Challenges from Other Theories Fit Concept and Analysis Fit Affects Performance Neo-Contingency Theory Future Opportunities

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA52494767
  • ISBN
    • 0761915737
    • 0761915745
  • LCCN
    00010586
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xvii, 326 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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