A Critical Appraisal of Integrated Treatments of Contingency Findings
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 18 (1) , 109-124
- https://doi.org/10.5465/255629
Abstract
A number of questions are raised about the theoretical nature of aggregative models of situational approaches to organization and management. These include questions regarding the domain of contingency views, the laws of interaction specified by these models, and the applicability of integrated contingency viewpoints.Keywords
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