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Professionals And Innovation: Structural‐Functional Versus Radical‐Structural Perspectives

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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.

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  • Robert Drazin, 1990. "Professionals And Innovation: Structural‐Functional Versus Radical‐Structural Perspectives," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 245-263, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:27:y:1990:i:3:p:245-263
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1990.tb00246.x
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    1. Peter Armstrong, 1993. "Professional Knowledge and Social Mobility: Postwar Changes in the Knowledge-Base of Management Accounting," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 7(1), pages 1-21, March.
    2. Khuong, Le-Nguyen & Harindranath, G. & Dyerson, Romano, 2014. "Understanding knowledge management software-organisation misalignments from an institutional perspective: A case study of a global IT-management consultancy firm," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 226-247.

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