MANAGERIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPANY PERFORMANCE‐PART II. A CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Management Studies
- Vol. 12 (1-2) , 12-27
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1975.tb00884.x
Abstract
In Part I of this paper we examined the possibility that certain managerial and organizational characteristics were associated with company performance under a wide range of operating conditions. Part II now turns to an alternative theory of performance which has attracted more attention in recent years. This is contingency theory, which enable a company to cope better with its particular operating conditions. In other words, the factors associated with high performance are expected to vary along with differences in a company's context‐especially with differences in its environment, size and technology.Keywords
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