Description: The Contingency Theory of Organizations Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): Lex Donaldson Format: Hardback Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc, United States Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc ISBN-13: 9780761915737, 978-0761915737 Synopsis Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for future research. The opening chapter presents a theoretical integration to provide the reader with an overview that makes sense of what is a large literature. It also argues that there is an underlying core paradigm that renders contingency theory coherent. The next chapters lay out the foundations of contingency theory by reviewing the pioneering contributors to theory and empirical research. This is followed by an examination of the causal models in the received bureaucracy research literature and an attempt to put them on a more truly contingency theory base. Chapters 7 and 8 examine in detail the concept of fit and its relationship with performance, including the empirical research studies. Chapter 9 presents possible new developments for contingency theory, to make it more coherent and, hopefully, valid. These new developments include the concepts of disequilibrium, quasi-fit and hetero-performance. All three are novel concepts that substantially revise and improve contingency theory. The final chapter offers suggestions on how to operationalize the ideas in this book in terms of hypotheses for future empirical research.
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Book Title: The Contingency Theory of Organizations
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Contingency Theory of Organizations
Publisher: SAGE Publications INC International Concepts
Publication Year: 2001
Item Height: 228 mm
Item Weight: 590 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Lex Donaldson
Subject Area: Organizational Sociology
Series: Foundations for Organizational Science
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover