We examine the literature addressing the empirical relationships, if any, between organization structure and performance, and draw distinctions between “hard” and “soft” performance criteria, subgroup versus organization units of analysis, and “structuring” versus “structural” dimensions of structure. Our concluding recommendations for future research are offered not as the inevitable prescription but rather in the interest of correcting marked deficiencies and imbalances.
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