Consistency in Organization

Ekkehart Schlicht ()

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2008, vol. 164, issue 4, pages 612-623

Abstract: Internal organization relies heavily on psychological consistency requirements. This perspective has been emphasized in modern compensation theory, but has not been extended to organization theory. The idea is developed by starting from Williamson's discussion of idiosyncratic exchange. The perspective sheds new light on several topics in the theory of the firm, like the boundaries of the firm (Williamson's puzzle), the importance of fairness concerns within firms, the attenuation of incentives, or the role of routines. It implies a perceptional theory of the firm that is realistic in the sense advocated by COASE [1937].

JEL-codes: B52 D02 L2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations Track citations by RSS feed

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mohr/jite/2008/00000164/00000004/art00002 (text/html)
Fulltext access is included for subscribers to the printed version.

Related works:
Working Paper: Consistency in Organization (2008)
Working Paper: Consistency in Organization (2003)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mhr:jinste:urn:sici:0932-4569(200812)164:4_612:cio_2.0.tx_2-

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG, P.O.Box 2040, 72010 Tübingen, Germany

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) is edited by Gerd Mühlheußer and Biung-Ghi Ju

More articles in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) from Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen
Series data maintained by Thomas Wolpert ().