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(Not) by chance? An application of Assembly Theory to infer non-randomness in organizational design

dc.contributor.authorIlseven, Ekin
dc.contributor.authorPuranam, Phanish
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T10:04:05Z
dc.date.embargo2026-01-13
dc.date.issued2025-01-13
dc.description.abstractAssembly theory (AT) (Sharma et al., Nature 622:321-328, 2023) is a novel and ambitious perspective on the emergence of larger structures from smaller structures in the physical realm. It offers formal tools to infer the development trajectories of observed structures under some theory-driven assumptions. By mapping it onto the micro-structural perspective of organizations, we show how AT can also help us model organizational development and estimate the extent to which an observed organizational structure is (un)likely to have arisen by chance. We apply these to illustrate how we can infer the extent of non-randomness in the development history of an organization based on its current structure. We note theoretical and empirical implications for the study of organization design.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s41469-024-00182-0pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85217242455
dc.identifier.issn2245-408X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/47963
dc.identifier.wos001395423300001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectAssembly theorypt_PT
dc.subjectChance explanationspt_PT
dc.subjectFormal modelingpt_PT
dc.subjectMicro-structural analysispt_PT
dc.title(Not) by chance? An application of Assembly Theory to infer non-randomness in organizational designpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Organization Designpt_PT
rcaap.rightsembargoedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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