Organizational responses to complexity: The effect on organizational performance

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 577-594

  Ashmos, Donde P ^a   Duchon, Dennis ^a   McDaniel Jr , Reuben R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency Theory; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034557482     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810010378597     Document Type: Article

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