PORTER, Lyman W

Forty years of organization studies : reflections from a micro perspective - Ithaca : Johnson Graduate School of Management, June 1996

This essay conveys my views of the past 40 years of organization studies. It is written from a micro perspective, representing my roots in psychology. The successes and the disappointments - what I believe the field has accomplished or failed to accomplish - over these four decades are reviewed, folowed by some thoughts about what I think ought to hapen in the future if the field is to continue to advance