On the Relationship Between Organizational Complexity and Organizational Structuration

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-118

  Moldoveanu, Mihnea C ^a   Bauer, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complexity coping strategies; Organizational complexity; Organizational production functions; Structuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642306566     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1030.0058     Document Type: Article

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