Environmental Dependencies and Company Structures in Britain
采用资源依赖视角，基于29家英国企业数据，分析环境依赖与公司结构的关系，发现依赖并非全局概念，且受其他权变因素影响。
Adopting a resource-dependency approach to the concept of environment, this paper operationalizes the concept of dependence on various aspects of the organization's environments, using mainly the analytical approach suggested by Jacobs (1974). Using data from 29 companies in Britain, the relationships between dependence and structure are examined. The results showed the inadequacy of using dependence as a global concept, and the influence of other contingent factors on dependence-structure relationships. It is suggested that dependence produces the structural characteristics, particularly in the relevant sub-units, designed to maintain administrative control.