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Bureaucratic Slack

Bureaucratic Slack is a theoretical construct in organizational theory that denotes the excess resources or diminished effort resulting from inefficiencies within bureaucratic systems, distinguished by the divergence between actual and optimal performance due to principal-agent problems, inertia, or goal displacement.

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2017–2026

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The effect of service process type, business strategy and life cycle stage on bureaucratic MCS in service organizations

Sofiah Md Auzair, Kim Langfield‐Smith · Management Accounting Research · 2005 · 233 citations

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Security Forces and Sexual Violence: A Cross-National Analysis of a Principal—Agent Argument

Christopher K. Butler, Tali Gluch, Neil J. Mitchell · Journal of Peace Research · 2007 · 208 citations

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Personnel Flexibility and Red Tape in Public and Nonprofit Organizations: Distinctions Due to Institutional and Political Accountability

Mary Feeney, Hal G. Rainey · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory · 2009 · 125 citations · Full text

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Integrating Ethical Dimensions into a Model of Budgetary Slack Creation

Patricia Casey Douglas, Benson Wier · Journal of Business Ethics · 2000 · 112 citations

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Using organizational commitment and job involment to predict budgetary slack: A research note

Hossein Nouri · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1994 · 89 citations

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Authors

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  1. JD
    James D. Nordin

    HealthPartners, United States

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  2. CK
    Christopher K. Butler

    University of New Mexico, United States

    1 publications · 208 citations

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  3. HN
    Hossein Nouri

    College of New Jersey, United States

    1 publications · 89 citations

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  4. YX
    Yan Xia

    Sun Yat-sen University, China

    1 publications · 66 citations

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  5. SE
    Steven E. Tower

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    125 citations

  2. Eastern Michigan University

    Ypsilanti, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  3. Udayana University

    Denpasar, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  4. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  5. Kiel Institute for the World Economy

    Kiel, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. College of New Jersey

    Ewing, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    89 citations

  7. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    208 citations

  8. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

    Bangkok, Thailand

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

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  1. Public Choice

    2 publications · 105 citations

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  2. Contexts

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. Harvard business review

    HBR · 1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. Security Studies

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  5. Journal of Urban Affairs

    1 publications · 12 citations

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