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The Concept of Fit in Contingency Theory

Andrew H. Van de VenRobert Drazin

出版	Strategic Management Research Center, 1984
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ruYJAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Contingency theories dominate scholarly studies of organization behavior, design, performance, planning and management strategy. While they vary widely in subject matter, they have the common proposition that an organizational outcome is the consequency of a fit or match between two or more factors. Fit is the key concept in this proposition, and the core problem common to contingency theories is not defining this term clearly. This paper examines three ways to define and test this concept of fit: Selection, Interaction, and Systems approaches. A critical discussion of these approaches will clarify much of the current confusion in the literature on contingency theories, and suggest ways that future theorizing and research can become more systematic and constructive. Originator supplied keywords include: Contingency theory; Organization structure; Organization design; Organization performance.