The pervasive spread of rationalizing trends in society, such as the growing influence of
managerial sciences and increasing emphases on accountability and transparency, has …

The context and environment of public services is becoming increasingly complex and the
management of change and innovation is now a core task for the successful public …

This article sets out three ambitions: First, it argues in favor of adopting “turbulence” as a
conceptual device for understanding governance in times of dynamic interactive change …

At its inception, resource dependence (RD) held the promise to become a robustly
developed theoretical perspective. However, behind an ever-growing citation count …

The purpose of this paper is to (a) distinguish the structural designs, and (b) examine the
relationship between structure and effectiveness in American sport organizations …

The innovative capacity of voluntary organizations has become a touchstone for their role in
providing public services. Across the world there are increasing pressures on voluntary …

O presente trabalho apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa realizada em pequenas
empresas visando a identificar as estratégias competitivas adotadas pelos seus dirigentes …

Organizational theories frequently rely on notions of sharing and dependence among
organizational participants, but researchers usually focus on characteristics of the actors …

Purpose–The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between business‐level
strategy and organisational performance and to test the applicability of Porter's generic …

The loosely coupled systems (LCS) perspective emerged as a new way to understand the
organizational structure from the field of Organization Studies. The purpose of this article is …