Variations in Organization Science celebrates Donald T. Campbell's many contributions to organization science, presenting new variations which stem directly from his work. Contributing authors review and extend Campbell's theories in four major areas: blind variation, selection and retention especially inside firms; multilevel co-evolution in organizational parts and wholes; process level analysis and modeling epistemology and methodology. The book includes an unusual appendix, Donald T. Campbell's curriculum vitae.

Types of Variation in Organizational Populations: The Speciation of New Organizational Forms

Types of Variation in Organizational Populations: The Speciation of New Organizational Forms

Types of variation in organizational populations: The speciation of new organizational forms
HayagreevaRaoJitendra V.Singh

In his seminal essay, Campbell (1965a) stated that

for an evolutionary process to take place there need to be variations (as by mutation, trial, etc.), stable aspects of the environment differentially ...

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