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Une analyse théorique des fondements et du fonctionnement de la relation d'autorité intrafirme

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  • Bernard Baudry
  • Bruno Tinel

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For about twenty years, the notion of authority has been put forward again into the analysis of employment relationship, especially concerning contracts incompleteness. This article has two purposes. First, it aims at giving an assessment of the famous controversy between Coase and Alchian-Demsetz through an analysis of the foundations of authority. Second, it is shown that the authority relationship inside the firm cannot only depend on a single variable. On the contrary, authority rests upon a multiplicity of mechanisms. Employer?s authority over employee has therefore to be understood in terms of degrees rather than in boolean terms. Classification JEL : B210, D230, J530, L220, M500.

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  • Bernard Baudry & Bruno Tinel, 2003. "Une analyse théorique des fondements et du fonctionnement de la relation d'autorité intrafirme," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 54(2), pages 229-251.
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    1. Bruno Tinel, 2005. "Remarks on technical determinism [Remarques à propos du déterminisme technique]," Post-Print halshs-00196377, HAL.
    2. Camille Chaserant, 2007. "Autorité et flexibilité : quand la théorie des options interroge," Working Papers hal-04139207, HAL.
    3. Bruno Tinel, 2005. "Remarques à propos du déterminisme technique," Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques r05069, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1).
    4. Bruno Tinel, 2007. "Organisation sociale, fonctionnement economique et progrès technique. Le determinisme technique dans les "nouvelles" theories de l'entreprise," Post-Print halshs-00266026, HAL.

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    JEL classification:

    • B21 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Microeconomics
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General

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