Challenging trends in configuration research: Where are the configurations?
指出，尽管定性比较分析推动了配置研究的流行，但新旧研究常因缺乏定性证据而缺失“配置本身”——即对组织如何运作的丰富、主题性的对比描述。
The configuration approach to the study of organizations is enjoying increasing popularity, in part, due to the methodological advances of qualitative comparative analysis. I argue that there are significant contrasts between earlier taxonomic clustering and typology approaches to configuration and the newer ones being pursued with the qualitative comparative analysis methodology. I compare the two approaches and their application, arguing that what is missing in many studies, old and new, often due to the lack of qualitative evidence, is “configuration itself”—that is, contrasting common, thematic, and rich characterizations that provide insight into how organizations function.