Research Note: Research Models Underlying Situational Dependency

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Some remarks on contingency theory will be made based on its definition as a theory on situation-dependent organizing. The main purpose of this article is to make a few comments on the way in which contingency studies have dealt with the concept of 'situational dependence'. The comments focus on the possible research models that might underlie the crucial concept 'situational dependency'. A set of interpretations of the concept of 'situational dependency' is presented and what type of empirical research model is implied by each of these interpretations and what their implications are for (e.g. statistical) data-processing techniques is shown. These insights are applied to existing empirical contingency research.

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