Abstract
Recent theories of formal organization have argued that the external environment has a determinant effect on organizational behavior and structure. Executives of 104 nonprofit human service organizations in a medium-sized city were surveyed to study the effect of perceived competition for scarce resources on labor management practices. Many executives perceived their environment to be both cooperative and competitive; most had adopted rational management procedures. No significant effect of competition on management was found.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 171-186 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1990 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)