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Organizational Control
Sim B. Sitkin
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Description for Organizational Control
hardcover. This book sheds light on the long-neglected phenomenon of organizational control and provides important directions for future research. Editor(s): Sitkin, Sim B.; Cardinal, Laura B.; Bijlsma-Frankema, Katinka M. Series: Cambridge Companions to Management. Num Pages: 562 pages, 17 b/w illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: KJC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Organization scholars have long acknowledged that control processes are integral to the way in which organizations function. While control theory research spans many decades and draws on several rich traditions, theoretical limitations have kept it from generating consistent and interpretable empirical findings and from reaching consensus concerning the nature of key relationships. This book reveals how we can overcome such problems by synthesising diverse, yet complementary, streams of control research into a theoretical framework and empirical tests that more fully describe how types of control mechanisms (e.g., the use of rules, norms, direct supervision or monitoring) aimed at particular control ... Read more
Organization scholars have long acknowledged that control processes are integral to the way in which organizations function. While control theory research spans many decades and draws on several rich traditions, theoretical limitations have kept it from generating consistent and interpretable empirical findings and from reaching consensus concerning the nature of key relationships. This book reveals how we can overcome such problems by synthesising diverse, yet complementary, streams of control research into a theoretical framework and empirical tests that more fully describe how types of control mechanisms (e.g., the use of rules, norms, direct supervision or monitoring) aimed at particular control ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
562
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Companions to Management
Number of Pages
562
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521517447
SKU
V9780521517447
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About Sim B. Sitkin
Sim B. Sitkin is Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. Laura B. Cardinal is Professor of Management at the C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston. Katinka M. Bijlsma-Frankema is Associate Professor of Organization Theory at VU University in Amsterdam and ... Read more
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