Organization as Information Processing Systems. Toward a Model of the Research Factors Associated with Significant Research Outcomes.

Abstract

Three models with the potential to explain significant organizational research outcomes were proposed and tested. Fify-six organizational scholars were surveyed about one significant and one not-so-significant research project. The findigs identified several reported factors that occurred prior to and durig research projects that were related to research outcomes. The Ambidextrous model, which includes both organic and Mechanistic research characteristics, differentiated significant from not-so-significant research better than the Davis and Antecedents models. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168018

Entities

People

  • Richard L. Daft
  • Ricky W. Griffin
  • Valerie Yates

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Educational Psychology
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Motivation
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Students
  • War Colleges

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  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Theoretical Analysis.