Environmental Determinism

2007-01-01
Gephart, Robert
Topal, Çağrı
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Environmental determinism is the doctrine or viewpoint that asserts organizational features are causally determined by aspects of the environment. In this view, the environment is treated as a concrete thing or natural fact that exists independently of its human, social, and economic constituents. This view assumes a one-directional flow of resources and influence from the environment to the organization. Human agency and free will are thus assumed to be irrelevant to organizational actions and outcomes.
Contingency theory, Determinism, Ecology, Environmental determinism, Human agency, Organizational ecology, Organizational theories
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956246.n159
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/78864
Department of Business Administration, Book / Book chapter

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R. Gephart and Ç. Topal, Environmental Determinism. 2007.
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