BLAU'S THEORY OF STRUCTURAL DIFFERENTIATION REVISITED: A THEORY OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE OR SCALE?
检验布劳的结构分化理论是解释组织间规模差异还是组织内部结构变化，基于134所大学九年的数据发现该理论更适用于解释组织间差异而非结构变化。
The major objective of this study was to determine if Blau's (1970) theory of structural differentiation better captures differences in scale between organizations or structural changes within organizations. Data gathered on 134 Ph.D.-granting universities over nine years permitted us to compare results of within-organizations tests of Blau's theory those from both cross-sectional and longitudinal between-organization tests. The findings suggest that the theory's power lies in explaining structural differences between organizations rather than in explaining structural change.