The main purpose of this study will be to examine whether, and to what extent, differences in the munificence of the environment moderate the effect of firms' strategic changes on performance. This study looks at the adaptation model of Shortell, Morrison, and Friedman (1990) and its effect on performance by introducing munificence in the environment as a moderating variable. This is the same methodological approach which has been used by contingency theorists (Galbraith and Kanzanjian, 1986; Venkatraman, 1989; Venkatraman and Prescott, 1990) in past studies of the organization-environment relationship. It is hoped that by combining strategic choice and environmental variables in this way we may acquire a better understanding of the moderating influence of the environment on the effects of strategic changes on organizational performance. / A sample of acute-care hospitals and census information from the 54 counties in the state of Florida in which the hospitals were located was acquired from the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and the United States Census Bureau. A regression analysis will be used to test the proposed model which hypothesizes an interaction effect between the strategic change variables and the environmental munificence variable on hospital performance. / The results suggest that organizations which make changes can significantly affect performance although the effect is moderated by the level of munificence in the environment. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-03, Section: A, page: 1216. / Major Professor: Jack Fiorito. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1996.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77665 |
| Contributors | DeLaughter, Thomas Glenn., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 132 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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