This research examines data collected as part of a 10-year case study of the creation and
evolution of organizational control during organizational founding. Past research has taken …

Organization scholars have long acknowledged that control processes are integral to the
way in which organizations function. While control theory research spans many decades …

Organizational control is a key managerial function, and the focus of a great deal of research
in the management and organizations field. Our concern is that research has not kept pace …

This review provides a comprehensive picture of the range of control influences in
organizations. We begin by describing and labeling the various types of control mechanisms …

Organizational control is a fundamental function of all organizations. Drawing on
ethnographic data from one hospital implementing a new behavioral control mechanism …

Control theory attempts to explain how one person or group in an organization can ensure
that another person or group works toward and attains a set of organizational goals. Prior …

In this paper, we provide an overview of six types of research efforts, all of which are
concerned to a significant extent with issues relevant to managers who are trying to effect …

By reviewing the theory underlying the design and interdependency of management control
systems, I highlight the important role firm dynamics plays in our understanding of these …

As new roles emerge in organizations, it becomes critical to understand how organizational
structure can impede or enable the managerial discretion available to role incumbents. We …

This paper investigates theories that integrate and extend currently accepted agency-and
transaction-based approaches to organizational control. We use a computational model to …