Lost in Transition? Complexity in Organisational Behaviour ?the Contributions of Systems Theories

Guido Strunk (), Michael Schiffinger () and Wolfgang Mayrhofer ()
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Guido Strunk: Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU Wien), Interdisciplinary Department of Management and Organisational Behaviour
Michael Schiffinger: Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU Wien), Interdisciplinary Department of Management and Organisational Behaviour
Wolfgang Mayrhofer: Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU Wien), Interdisciplinary Department of Management and Organisational Behaviour

management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, 2004, vol. 15, issue 4, 481-509

Abstract: The article demonstrates the usefulness of concepts and methods from systems theories for Organisational Behaviour (OB). Diagnosing development areas in OB, especially the analysis of whole systems and the degree of operationalisation and formalisation of core constructs and assumptions, the article uses the complexity hypothesis in career research to illustrate the opportunities and limitations of concepts and methods from systems theories. Finally, the consequences of such an approach for OB are discussed.

Keywords: Nonlinear Systems; Synergetics; Research Methods; Career Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 J53 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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