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- Title
Congruence, Contingency, and Theory Building.
- Authors
Fry, Louis W.; Smith, Deborah A.
- Abstract
It is proposed that congruence and contingency are central features of Dubin's conditions for constructing and testing a theoretical model. Placing congruence and contingency research within an accepted framework for scientific inquiry is essential to understanding and predicting organizational phenomena. After reviewing select research, the present authors argue. (a) that congruence is defined by the laws of relationship of a theory's variables, and (b) that contingency is defined by the system states where the integrity of the system is maintained, but in a markedly different condition. Additional conceptual and empirical issues relating to congruence and contingency hypotheses are then discussed.
- Subjects
CONTINGENCY (Philosophy); ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; ORGANIZATIONAL research; MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC planning; MANAGEMENT literature; CORPORATE culture; ORGANIZATIONAL goals; ORGANIZATIONAL change
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 1987, Vol 12, Issue 1, p117
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMR.1987.4306496