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The Legalistic Organization: Definitions, Dimensions, and Dilemmas

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Sitkin, SB; Bies, RJ
Published in: Organization Science
August 1993
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The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell, there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed. Grant Gilmore (The Ages of American Law 1977, p. 111)

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Sim B. Sitkin
Author Sim B. Sitkin Fuqua School of Business

Published In

Organization Science

DOI

10.1287/orsc.4.3.345

EISSN

1526-5455

ISSN

1047-7039

Publication Date

August 1993

Volume

4

Issue

3

Start / End Page

345 / 351

Publisher

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Related Subject Headings

  • Business & Management
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
  • 1505 Marketing
  • 1503 Business and Management
 

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Sitkin, S. B., & Bies, R. J. (1993). The Legalistic Organization: Definitions, Dimensions, and Dilemmas. Organization Science, 4(3), 345–351. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.4.3.345
Sitkin, Sim B., and Robert J. Bies. “The Legalistic Organization: Definitions, Dimensions, and Dilemmas.” Organization Science 4, no. 3 (August 1993): 345–51. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.4.3.345.
Sitkin SB, Bies RJ. The Legalistic Organization: Definitions, Dimensions, and Dilemmas. Organization Science. 1993 Aug;4(3):345–51.
Sitkin, Sim B., and Robert J. Bies. “The Legalistic Organization: Definitions, Dimensions, and Dilemmas.” Organization Science, vol. 4, no. 3, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Aug. 1993, pp. 345–51. Crossref, doi:10.1287/orsc.4.3.345.
Sitkin SB, Bies RJ. The Legalistic Organization: Definitions, Dimensions, and Dilemmas. Organization Science. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS); 1993 Aug;4(3):345–351.

Published In

Organization Science

DOI

10.1287/orsc.4.3.345

EISSN

1526-5455

ISSN

1047-7039

Publication Date

August 1993

Volume

4

Issue

3

Start / End Page

345 / 351

Publisher

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Related Subject Headings

  • Business & Management
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
  • 1505 Marketing
  • 1503 Business and Management