INERTIAL FORCES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS-APPROACH - A COMMUNICATION STUDY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: FAIRHURST, GT; GREEN, S; COURTRIGHT, J
• 署名单位: Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Delaware
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.6.2.168
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 168-185
• 关键词: SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; inertia; management style; DYAD COMMUNICATION; organization change

摘要

While many organization scientists have studied the impetus for organizational change, few have studied inertia, or factors causing failure to change. The authors present a rich empirical study of organizational inertia and examine relational communication within a rich and interesting case study design.