AS THE LEFT FOOT FOLLOWS THE RIGHT? THE DYNAMICS OF STRATEGIC AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE.

1 December 1994

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

Vol. 37 (6) , 1427-1452
https://doi.org/10.2307/256794

Abstract

This study empirically tested the contingency relationship between strategy and structure proposed by Chandler and others with hypotheses linking the probability, timing, and magnitude of changes in one attribute to changes in the other attribute. A dynamic analysis of 262 large firms observed over 28 years generally supported the hypotheses, indicating a reciprocal relationship between strategy and structure. However, our results support the original conception of a hierarchical relationship between the two—strategy is a more important determinant of structure than structure is of strategy.

Keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH
ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIOLOGY
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
STATICS & DYNAMICS (SOCIAL SCIENCES)
STRATEGIC PLANNING
CONTINGENCY (PHILOSOPHY)

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