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environmental complexity: a standalone construct

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environmentalcomplexity1 CONSTRUCTEnvironmental complexityDESS · ORGANIZATION THEORY

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Organization theory

the heterogeneity and spread of the elements in an organization's task environment that it must monitor and deal with.

In organization theory, environmental complexity refers to the heterogeneity and spread of the elements in an organization's task environment that it must monitor and deal with. This meaning comes from Dess (1984) in Administrative Science Quarterly.[1]

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References

  1. Dess, G. G., & Beard, D. W. (1984). Dimensions of Organizational Task Environments. Administrative Science Quarterly, 29(1), 52. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393080

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