Chapter 4 Fit as Moderation and Matching: A Test of Strategy and Structure Congruence in Relationship to Performance

Advances in Health Care Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-98

  Payne, G Tyge ^a   Davis, Justin L ^a   Blair, John D ^a  

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EID: 33846286036     PISSN: 14748231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8231(06)06004-6     Document Type: Review

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