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Peer reviewedCheng-Kuang, Hsu; And Others – American Journal of Sociology, 1983
Organizational context, organizational complexity, and bureaucratic control in 50 Japanese industrial manufacturing plants are analyzed. Highly dependent organizations rely on centralization and formalization to maintain administrative control. The significant relationship between formalization and centralization indicates that they are not…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Centralization, Decision Making
