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Volume 2, No. 1,
April 2003
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Autonomy of
Individuals and Organizations: Towards a Strategy
Research Agenda
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David M. Brock*
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Department of Business Administration, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Israel
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Department of International Business, University of
Auckland, New Zealand
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Abstract
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This
paper presents a review of the use of autonomy in the
organization literature and explores definitional and
methodological issues. A typology of four combinations
of autonomy and centralization, four matching
strategic types, and several strategic contingency
propositions are developed.
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Key words
: autonomy; centralization; strategy
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JEL classification
: M19
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