Decision Makers' Beliefs About the Causes and Effects of Structure: An Exploratory Study.

1 June 1984

journal article
Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal

Vol. 27 (2) , 271-291
https://doi.org/10.2307/255925

Abstract

In a study of decision maker beliefs about the causes and effects of structure, a high level of agreement was found between the cognitive maps of a group of MBAs and a group of full time practicing managers concerning the overall causality of context, structure, and performance variables.

Keywords

DECISION MAKING -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS
COGNITIVE MAPS (PSYCHOLOGY)
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION -- RESEARCH
CONTINGENCY THEORY (MANAGEMENT)
INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS -- RESEARCH
SYSTEM ANALYSIS
ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIOLOGY
PERCEPTION -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

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