Coordination and Output Attainment in Work Units Performing Non-routine Tasks: A Cross- National Study
基于信息处理视角，研究提出协调对非常规任务单元产出达成的影响取决于信息获取来源，并通过奥地利、比利时、匈牙利和波兰的学术研究单元数据验证了该权变观点。
Based on an information-processing perspective (Galbraith 1972), a theoretical pro position is advanced which predicts that for work units performing non-routine tasks, the effect of unit coordination on output attainment is contingent on the sources from which the unit acquires information for task performance. This proposition is tested using a cross-national research design. Data from four national samples — Austria, Belgium, Hungary, and Poland — of academic research units support the proposition. The results reinforce the need for a contingency approach to the study of coordination and performance in organizations. They also provide some insight into the interplay between society and organization.