Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-1996

Abstract

The paper considers two approaches to thestudy of the impact of national cultures on thestructure of organizations; viz: culture free andculture bound approaches. Af ter a discussionof the problems of obtaining comparable datain cross-cultural research, the preliminary results of a comparative study of large manufacturing organizations in six countries in Europeare presented. The results suggest that whileformal organizational authority structures appear to be culture free reflecting the impact ofstrategic contingencies, use of coordinationtechniques, such as regular top managementmeetings and task forces, is more affected bycultural factors.

Discipline

Organizational Behavior and Theory | Organization Development

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Organisational decision-making under different economic and political conditions

Editor

DRENTH, P. J. D.; KOOPMAN, P. L.; WILPERT, B.

First Page

225

Last Page

237

Publisher

North Holland Press

City or Country

Amsterdam

External URL

https://growthorientedsustainableentrepreneurship.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/od-organizational-structure-and-structural-change.pdf

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