The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments

1965/02/01 by F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist · 2,940 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Academic Research and Education Studies #Artificial intelligence #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Diverse Interdisciplinary Research Studies #Organizational Management and Leadership #Psychology #Social psychology #Texture (cosmology)

paper · doi:10.1177/001872676501800103

published in Human Relations 18(1), 21-32 (SAGE Publishing)

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