Diseño organizativo y knowledge performanceun estudio empírico

  1. Claver Cortés, Enrique
  2. Pertusa Ortega, Eva M.
  3. Zaragoza Sáez, Patrocinio del Carmen
Revista:
Intangible Capital

ISSN: 1697-9818

Any de publicació: 2008

Volum: 4

Número: 3

Pàgines: 166-190

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.3926/IC.2008.V4N3.P166-190 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Resum

The paper analyzes how the traditional variables that define a firm�s organizational structure (formalization, complexity, and centralization) influence knowledge performance (the degree to which a firm generates knowledge and uses it to reach a competitive advantage). Three hypotheses are tested using a sample of 164 large Spanish firms. The results show that organizational complexity and centralization exert a positive and a negative influence, respectively, on knowledge performance, which confirms the two hypotheses related to these variables. However, the analysis reveals no empirical evidence to confirm the hypothesis that formalization and knowledge performance are related positively.

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