Does decentralization make a difference for the organization? An examination of the boundary conditions circumscribing decentralized decision-making and organizational financial performance

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• Personal Author:
  Blum TC ; Richardson HA ; Roman PM ; Vandenberg RJ
• Description:
  Recently, there has been increased interest in the organizational gains that can be achieved by decentralizing decision-making authority to lower level employees. Yet, literature examining the relationship of decentralization to organizational performance is both scarce and equivocal. The current study examines decentralization's influence on financial performance in a sample of behavioral healthcare treatment centers. As expected, the decentralization-financial performance relationship is moderated by key organizational characteristics. Implications of the findings are presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Decision Making Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Decision-making Employees Health-care-facilities Management-personnel Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance
• ISSN:
  0149-2063
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Louisiana ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  217-244
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041728
• Citation:
  J Manage 2002 Apr; 28(2):217-244
• Contact Point Address:
  Hettie A. Richardson, Department of Management, Ourso College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, CEBA Building Room 3158, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
• Email:
  hricha4@Isu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  The Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Management
• End Date:
  20030929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b4fae2232b310f08d8265039f85d698a3ee18523b181876d37c50040974ba0e16a09f34437b9e21bb07ffbfa0963491874ee1496259baed70a5b0f5dc011f7ed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194215/cdc_194215_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 224.17 KB ]