includes bibliographical references and index.

The culture-free context of organization structure / D.J. Hickson ... [et al.] -- A comparison of organization structure and managerial roles : Ohio, USA, and the Midlands, England / J.H.K. Inkson ... [et al.] -- The structure of work organizations across societies / C.J. McMillan ... [et al.] -- Organization and managerial roles in British and West German companies : an examination of the culture-free thesis / J. Child and A. Kieser -- Centrally planned development : a comparison of Polish factories with equivalents in Britain, Japan, and Sweden / B. Kuc, D.J. Hickson, and C.J. McMillan -- Technology, size, and organization structure in a developing country : Jordan / Z.M. Ayoubi -- Strategies of administrative control and contextual constraints in a less developed country : the case of Egyptian public enterprise / M. Badran and C.R. Hinings -- Organization structure and context : a replication of the Aston study in India / S. Shenoy -- Management strategy and organization structure : a Japanese comparative study / K. Azumi and C.J. McMillan -- The cultural context of organizational control : an international comparison / D. Horvath ... [et al.] -- Concluding comments on countries, context, and culture / D.J. Hickson and C.J. McMillan.