Organizational control as antidote to politics in the pursuit of strategic initiatives
研究了组织控制中行为控制与结果控制的互补使用比单独使用更有效，尤其在组织政治氛围浓厚时效果更明显，基于184家欧洲企业的战略举措分析。
In contrast to the contingency approach advanced by most prior work, we suggest a complementary perspective on organizational control and its relationship with performance. We argue that the simultaneous use of behavior and outcome control capitalizes on their respective advantages, and is therefore more effective than a sole reliance on either control type. Moreover, with organizational control seeking alignment between individual and organizational goals, the benefits of such a complementary approach may be more pronounced in a context characterized by high levels of organizational politics, or the pursuit of individual at the expense of organizational goals. Our analysis of strategic initiatives pursued by 184 E uropean corporations provides support for both a complementary approach to organizational control and a contingency effect of organizational politics . Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.