THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE ON THE UTILITY OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL TOP MANAGEMENT STYLE
- 5 May 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Management Studies
- Vol. 25 (3) , 217-234
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1988.tb00033.x
Abstract
This study examined the influence of organization structure on the relationship between top management's entrepreneurial orientation and financial performance. Moderated regression analysis was used to analyse data collected from 80 business organizations. the findings suggest that an entrepreneurial top management style has a positive effect on the performance of organically‐structured firms and a negative effect on the performance of mechanistically‐structured firms.Keywords
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