We develop a rule-based contingency misfit model and related hypotheses to test empirically the Burton and Obel (1998) multi contingency model for strategic organizational design. The model is a set of "if-then" misfit rules, in which misfits lead to a loss in performance; they are complements to...

The relationship between organizational size and performance has long been of interest. Size, however, has been defined and measured in global ways, resulting in few (if any) unequivocal findings. Three specific dimensions of size--as measured by the number of headquarter resources and policies,...