Organic vs. Mechanistic Structures: Construction and Validation of a Scale of Measurement
Abstract
This paper aims to create and validate a scale that will serve to measure the construct “organic structure”, currently of great utility for the competitive analysis of firms. On the basis of the literature, eight dimensions, corresponding to the parameters technical system, formalization, centralization, structural complexity, planning and control systems, training, information flows, and culture, form this construct. To verify the reliability and the validity of this measuring instrument we used a sample of 150 large Spanish firms.
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Citation
Cruz, S. and Camps, J. (2003), "Organic vs. Mechanistic Structures: Construction and Validation of a Scale of Measurement", Management Research, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/15365430380000521
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:MCB UP Ltd
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