Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review
回顾了代理理论及其对组织理论的贡献，总结了实证研究，并提出了可检验的命题，认为代理理论在信息系统、结果不确定性、激励和风险方面提供了独特见解，建议在具有合作结构的问题研究中纳入代理视角。
Agency theory is an important, yet controversial, theory. This paper reviews agency theory, its contributions to organization theory, and the extant empirical work and develops testable propositions. The conclusions are that agency theory (a) offers unique insight into information systems, outcome uncertainty, incentives, and risk and (b) is an empirically valid perspective, particularly when coupled with complementary perspectives. The principal recommendation is to incorporate an agency perspective in studies of the many problems having a cooperative structure.