The role of individuals in the information processing perspective

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 661-680

  Turner, Karynne L ^a   Makhija, Mona V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

information processing; knowledge management; organic and mechanistic structures; organizational structure; problem solving

Indexed keywords

COMFORT LEVEL; INFORMATION PROCESSOR; MICROFOUNDATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PROCESS INFORMATION; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL TYPE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84859716138     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1970     Document Type: Review

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