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- Title
Interdependence: An Alternative Conceptualization.
- Authors
Victor, Bart; Blackburn, Richard S.
- Abstract
Conceptualizations of interdependence offered by Thompson (1967) and McCann and Ferry (1979) fail to satisfy basic requirements for empirical or practical investigations of complex organizations. An alternative conceptualization based on interdependence theory (Kelley & Thibaut. 1978; Thibaut & Kelley, 1959) is presented here and used to explain the causes of interunit conflict and the effectiveness of coordination strategy. Hypotheses are presented, and future research is proposed.
- Subjects
COMPLEX organizations; ORGANIZATIONAL sociology; COOPERATION; SOCIOLOGICAL research; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; MANAGEMENT science; EMPIRICAL research; LATENT variables; SALES executives; THOMPSON, J.
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 1987, Vol 12, Issue 3, p486
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMR.1987.4306563