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THE STRATEGIC CONTINGENCIES THEORY OF POWER: MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
Author(s) -
Saunders Carol Stoak
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.tb00750.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , power (physics) , field (mathematics) , control (management) , contingency theory , psychology , social psychology , economics , management , computer science , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
The strategic contingencies theory of power proposed by Hickson et al. (1971) has been tested and compared to an alternative perspective. In the alternative perspective, the theory has been modified to include control of strategic contingencies as a moderating variable in the relationships between power and its determinants. A field study, using questionnaire and interview responses of 54 administrators at five universities, partially supports the modified theory.