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The Essential Impact of Context on Organizational Behavior

Johns, Gary·2006·Academy of Management Review

DOI 10.5465/amr.2006.20208687

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I argue that the impact of context on organizational behavior is not sufficiently recognized or appreciated by researchers. I define context as situational opportunities and constraints that affect the occurrence and meaning of organizational behavior as well as functional relationships between variables, and I propose two levels of analysis for thinking about context–one grounded in journalistic practice and the other in classic social psychology. Several means of contextualizing research are considered.

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Authors: Johns, G.
Venue: Academy of Management Review
Publisher: Academy of Management
Published: 2006-04
Volume: 31
Issue: 2
Pages: 386-408
ISSN: 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
1930-3807
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2006.20208687
OpenAlex: W2140294498
Cited by: 3,532
References: 9
FWCI: 140.28
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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