Lex Donaldson

"The aim is to reveal causal regularities that underlie surface reality."

"Within organization studies, contingency theory has provided a coherent paradigm for the analysis of the structure of organizations. The paradigm has constituted a framework in which research progress…"

"Critics of structural contingency theory sometimes argue that it is not sensible for organizations to move into fit with their contingencies, because while the organization is changing its structure t…"

"Some scholars have argued strenuously against the idea that the organization is determined by its situation and have instead asserted that managers have free choice and are thereby to be held morally …"

"Lex Donaldson at UNSW Australia Business School"