Alignment and results: Testing the interaction effects of strategy, structure, and environment from miles and snow

Administration and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-192

  Meier, Kenneth J ^a,b   O'Toole Jr , Laurence J ^c   Boyne, George A ^b   Walker, Richard M ^b,d   Andrews, Rhys ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environment; Performance; Strategy; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954711293     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399710362717     Document Type: Article

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