Configuration of a functional department: A study of contextual and structural variables
作者:
Daniel Twomey,
Frederick C. Scher,
Walter S. Hunt,
期刊:
Journal of Organizational Behavior
(WILEY Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 61-75
ISSN:0894-3796
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1002/job.4030090106
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThis study investigates whether departments performing the same functions in different firms incur similar changes in structural configuration in response to industry‐wide stimuli. Based on the proposition that the context of functional departments is similar across firms, changes in differentiation, integration, and perspective are hypothesized. Managers' perceptions of the validity of a series of statements to conditions five to 10 years ago and to present conditions are contrasted and show statistically significant shifts in these structural configurations. This change is confirmed by the analysis of responses of other managers in different departments within the same firms. Correlation analysis shows significant agreement among alternative measures of the same aspects of structure, and significant comovement among different structural dimensions. The later result supports the quantum theory of organization
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