ORGANIZATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS AND PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS.
这项元分析汇总了40项原始研究，发现组织构型能部分解释绩效差异，且构型定义宽泛、单行业样本和纵向设计时解释力更强。
The link between organizational configurations and performance has become a central and somewhat controversial focus of research in the strategic management literature, We statistically aggregated results from 40 original tests of the configurations-performance relationship. In contrast to previous qualitative reviews, this meta-analysis demonstrated that an organization's performance is partially explained by its configuration. Tests of four potential moderators showed that organizations' configurations contributed more to performance explanation to the extent that studies used (1) broad definitions of configurations, (2) single-industry samples, and (3) longitudinal designs, Results highlight the need for programmatic research.