Organizational Response to Decline in the Israeli Electronics Industry
研究了以色列电子工业中公共和私营部门对衰退的应对僵化程度，发现两者在不同方面表现出僵化，且僵化与灵活性并非对立概念。
This study explores rigidity in responses to decline in the Israeli electronics industry. A comparison is made between the public and the private sectors of this industry. The public sector was found to be more rigid in its level of politicization and in its use of employee-termination strategies, whereas the private sector was more rigid in downward communication and in the use of alternative cutback strategies. Only a weak tendency was found in both sectors towards greater administrative intensity in decline. The findings suggest that rigidity and flexibility are not polar terms, and call for a re-evaluation of the meaning of organizational rigidity.