California Management Review · 1962 · 18 citations · 9 references
ManagementOrganization StudiesOrganizational BehaviorOrganizational DevelopmentOrganizational TheoryOrganizationsBehaviorGroup BehaviorOrganizational FormOrganizational ManagementOrganizational StructureSocial OrganizationAttributesBusiness OrganizationOrganization Structure
Human behavior, which is invariably a mixture of reactionary and forward-moving tendencies, is a complex thing and organizations function best when management works with instead of against human attributes. At all levels, the healthy organization must satisfy not only individual but group, inter-group, and the whole organization's needs for both growth and maintenance of the status quo.
9
Journal of the American Dietetic Association · 1994 · 46.5K citations
The Norm of Reciprocity: A Preliminary Statement
Alvin W. Gouldner · American Sociological Review · 1960 · 11.8K citations
Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms
J.-R. Tréanton, George C. Homans, Robert Κ. Merton et al. · Revue Française de Sociologie · 1962 · 2.4K citations