Organization Structure from a Loose Coupling Perspective: A Multidimensional Approach

Decision Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-250

  Beekun, Rafik I ^a,c   Glick, William H ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental Design; Interorganizational Linkages; Loose Coupling; Network Theory; Organization Structure; Organization Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616172     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2001.tb00959.x     Document Type: Article

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