Embracing Causal Complexity: The Emergence of a Neo-Configurational Perspective

Journal of Management

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 255-282

  Misangyi, Vilmos F ^a   Greckhamer, Thomas ^b   Furnari, Santi ^c   Fiss, Peer C ^d   Crilly, Donal ^e   Aguilera, Ruth ^f,g  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

causal complexity; configuration; equifinality; fuzzy sets; Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003890229     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206316679252     Document Type: Article

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