Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Decision sciences
12 (1981), S. 0
ISSN:
1540-5915
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
This is a conceptual, prescriptive article analyzing current trends and suggesting a redirection necessary for the advancement of organizational behavior. Two divergent but possible complementary approaches—the conservative and the radical—are outlined as accomplishing such a redirection in the field. The conservative approach emphasizes four needs requiring attention: 1) improved construct validity; 2) more careful selection and measurement of dependent variables, including a change in those deemed important; 3) new applications of longitudinal and experimental research designs; and 4) an increased and more appropriate use of multivariate statistical analysis. The radical approach encompasses conceptualizing organizations as social structures, the symbolic nature of management as a process, and a focus on processes across levels of analysis. It is predicted that, regardless of whether one views the future in the field as being indicative of the conservative or a more radical approach, we will see the roles of contexts and processes in research and application as being influential.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.1981.tb00088.x
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