The Impact of Context and Choice on the Boundary-Spanning Process: An Empirical Extension
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Relations
- Vol. 40 (12), 783-797
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678704001201
Abstract
This paper develops and tests a theoretical model of the relationships among environmental interdependence, environmental uncertainty, and boundary-spanning activities. Drawing from the strategic choice literature, a decision variable labeled influence on organizational decision was incorporated as a moderator. Results supported the environmental interdependence-environmental uncertainty-boundary-spanning activities relationships, but the individual influence variable failed to emerge as a moderator.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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