The Long and Thorny Way to an Organizational Taxonomy
回顾了组织分类学的主要研究，指出尽管现有研究在方法论上存在局限，但已证明组织确实可被识别为不同群体，并讨论了未来研究指南及该领域研究不足的原因。
Under the assumption that a classification system is necessary for the advance ment of any scientific field, this paper reviews major taxonomic studies in the literature. Although each of these studies has certain limitations in terms of proposed guidelines for the development of a valid taxonomy of organizations, in the aggregate they appear to demonstrate that organizations do indeed cluster in recognizable groups and that organizational scientists have indeed the meth odological and statistical tools to identify them. Some general guidelines for future taxonomic studies are discussed, as well as possible reasons for the lack of research in this area.