TY - JOUR
T1 - Alignment and results
T2 - Testing the interaction effects of strategy, structure, and environment from miles and snow
AU - Meier, Kenneth J.
AU - O'Toole, Jr., Laurence J.
AU - Boyne, George A.
AU - Walker, Richard M.
AU - Andrews, Rhys
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Theory and evidence has grown on the role of strategy in public organizations. Miles and Snow suggest that strategy’s impact on organizational success will be greatest when external and internal factors are in alignment—when, for instance, managerial prospectors in decentralized organizations operate in a turbulent environment. This study examines three of the Miles and Snow factors—strategy, structure, and the environment—with an appropriate set of statistical tests in several hundred public organizations over a 6-year period. The results suggest that at least for this set of organizations, the contingency relationships proposed by Miles and Snow do not hold.
AB - Theory and evidence has grown on the role of strategy in public organizations. Miles and Snow suggest that strategy’s impact on organizational success will be greatest when external and internal factors are in alignment—when, for instance, managerial prospectors in decentralized organizations operate in a turbulent environment. This study examines three of the Miles and Snow factors—strategy, structure, and the environment—with an appropriate set of statistical tests in several hundred public organizations over a 6-year period. The results suggest that at least for this set of organizations, the contingency relationships proposed by Miles and Snow do not hold.
KW - METIS-268643
U2 - 10.1177/0095399710362717
DO - 10.1177/0095399710362717
M3 - Article
SN - 0095-3997
VL - 42
SP - 160
EP - 192
JO - Administration & society
JF - Administration & society
IS - 2
ER -