Structural Implications of Organizational Dependence upon Customers and Owners: Similarities and Differences
研究了组织依赖概念及其对组织结构的影响，提出依赖不同环境领域（客户与所有者）会产生不同效应的命题，并通过78家英国公司的实证数据验证了多数命题。
The concept of organizational dependence is examined and its possible implications for different aspects of organizational structure are considered. It is argued that the implica tions of dependence in different environmental sectors will be different and a number of propositions are advanced concerning the effects of dependence upon customers and owners. Empirical evidence from a study of 78 companies in the United Kingdom is considered and most of the propositions are found to be supported. The study appears to confirm that greater predictive power can be obtained by disaggregating the concept of dependence and examining different environmental sectors separately.