The Contingency Theory of Organizations

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The Contingency Theory of Organizations is written by Lex Donaldson and published by SAGE Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1452262624 (ISBN 10) and 9781452262628 (ISBN 13).

Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for future research.