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PROFESSIONALS AND INNOVATION: STRUCTURAL‐FUNCTIONAL VERSUS RADICAL‐STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVES*
Author(s) -
Drazin Robert
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1990.tb00246.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , structural equation modeling , process (computing) , business , psychology , knowledge management , sociology , computer science , machine learning , operating system , artificial intelligence
The study of the role of professionals in the organizational innovation process has been dominated by a Structural‐Functional perspective. The assumptions associated with this perspective are examined, critiqued, and shown to have led to research findings marked by equivocality and instability. An alternative approach, based on Radical‐Structural principles is developed, and suggestions for implementing this approach in future research are offered.