TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION-PROCESSING FIT AND THE PERFORMANCE OF R-AND-D PROJECT GROUPS - A TEST OF CONTINGENCY THEORY

• 成果类型: Note
• 署名作者: KELLER, RT
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256775
• 发表日期: 1994
• 页码: 167-179
• 关键词: organization; DESIGN; COMMUNICATION; uncertainty; INNOVATION; richness; BEHAVIOR; systems

摘要

A study of 98 R&D project groups using a longitudinal design found support far the contingency theory hypothesis that the fit between a task technology's nonroutineness and information-processing needs will predict project performance. The hypothesis was supported for concurrent and one-year-later management ratings of project quality, using absolute difference scores as a measure of fit. The fit between a technology's unanalyzability and information processing, however, was not a predictor of project performance. Implications for contingency design theory and the management of R&D project groups are discussed.