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How Organic Is Your Organization?– Determinants Of Organic/Mechanistic Tendencies In A Public Accounting Firm

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  • Alberto Zanzi

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This study compares two units within a major public accounting firm in order to determine their organic/mechanistic tendencies and establish the variables most closely related to these organizational characteristics. Results from a sample of 67 professionals balanced by unit and hierarchical level indicate that the process‐oriented elements of an organization are the more relevant indicators of organizational development and provide a system for evaluating an organization on an organic/mechanistic continuum.

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  • Alberto Zanzi, 1987. "How Organic Is Your Organization?– Determinants Of Organic/Mechanistic Tendencies In A Public Accounting Firm," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(2), pages 125-140, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:24:y:1987:i:2:p:125-140
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1987.tb00940.x
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    1. Laura B. Cardinal, 2001. "Technological Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Use of Organizational Control in Managing Research and Development," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 12(1), pages 19-36, February.
    2. DeGroot, Timothy & Brownlee, Amy L., 2006. "Effect of department structure on the organizational citizenship behavior-department effectiveness relationship," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 59(10-11), pages 1116-1123, October.

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