Organizational framework for managing the multiplicity of contingency factors: Investigation using the modern japanese recycling business
International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior
ISSN: 1093-4537
Article publication date: 1 March 2013
Abstract
This study is founded on contingency theory, which is derived from organization theory, and in it we examine the structural problems of the modern Japanese recycling business using J. D. Thompson's model of contingency theory. Based on the results of our interviews conducted with 16 companies through the nondirective method, we argue that there are multiple contingency factors in the modern Japanese recycling venture and that these factors increase uncertainty and reduce the stability of the business as a result. We conclude that as an active level of 'sub technology,' recycling businesses created as diversifications of major companies will eventually manage the multiplicity of contingency factors.
Citation
Kimata, A. (2013), "Organizational framework for managing the multiplicity of contingency factors: Investigation using the modern japanese recycling business", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 221-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-16-02-2013-B004
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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