Organizational Theory Journal Articles

1. Pick one of the following terms for your research: centralization, contingency, decentralization, efficiency, mechanistic, organic, organizational behavior, scientific management, stakeholder, or sustainability.
2. Pick one of the following terms for your research: collaboration, divisional structure, functional structure, horizontal structure, matrix structure, outsourcing, reengineering, teams, vertical linkages, or virtual team.
3. Pick one of the following terms for your research: coercive forces, institutional environment, interorganizational relationships, joint venture, legitimacy, niche, organizational ecosystem, retention, strategic alliance, or trade association.
4. Pick one of the following terms for your research: economies of scale, economies of scope, global companies, global teams, globalization strategy, international division, joint venture, multidomestic strategy, multinational stage, or standardization.
5. Pick one of the following terms for your research: analyzability, core technology, interdependence, joint optimization, lean manufacturing, noncore technology, service technology, small-batch production, smart factories, or technical complexity.
6. Pick one of the following terms for your research: code of ethics, conscious capitalism, corporate social responsibility (CSR), culture, ethical dilemma, external adaptation, mission culture, social capital, values-based leadership, or whistle-blowing.
7. Pick one of the following terms for your research: bounded rationality perspective, cognitive biases, decision learning, devil’s advocate, groupthink, incremental decision model, management science approach, nonprogrammed decisions, rational approach, or satisficing.
8. Pick one of the following terms for your research: authority, competition, confrontation, dependency, empowerment, intergroup conflict, negotiation, organizational politics, power, or rational model.