By Emeritus Professor Lex Donaldson

Journal articles

Donaldson L; Charlier SD; Qiu JXJ, 2014, 'Corrigendum to 'Organizational Portfolio Analysis: Focusing on Risk Inside the Corporation' [LRP, 45, 4, (2012), 235-257], doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2012.03.001', Long Range Planning, 47, pp. 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2012.07.002

Donaldson L; Luo BN, 2014, 'The Aston Programme Contribution to Organizational Research: A Literature Review', International Journal of Management Reviews, 16, pp. 84 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12010

Luo N; Donaldson DA, 2013, 'Misfits in Organization Design: Information Processing as a Compensatory Mechanism', Journal of Organization Design, 2, pp. 2 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/jod.7359.6689

Qiu JX; Donaldson DA; Luo N, 2013, 'The Benefits of Persisting with Paradigms in Organizational Research', Academy of Management Perspectives, pp. 93 - 104, http://amp.aom.org/content/26/1/93.short

Donaldson DA; Qiu JX; Luo B, 2012, 'For Rigour in Organizational Management Theory Research', Journal of Management Studies, 50, pp. 153 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01069.x

Qiu JX; Donaldson DA, 2012, 'Organizational Portfolio Analysis: Focusing on Risk Inside the Corporation', Long Range Planning, 45, pp. 235 - 257

Qiu JX; Donaldson DA, 2012, 'Stopford and Wells were Right! MNC Matrix Structures do fit a "High-High" Strategy', Management International Review, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11575-011-0122-z?LI=true#

Qiu JX; Donaldson DA, 2010, 'The cubic contingency model: Towards a more comprehensive international strategy-structure model', Journal of General Management, 36, pp. 81 - 100, http://www.braybrooke.co.uk/dynamic/viewarticle.php?articleid=207

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Donaldson DA, 2009, '“In Search of the Matrix Advantage: A Re-examination of the Fit of Matrix Structures to Transnational Strategy in MNCs”', Advances in International Management, 22, pp. 3 - 26

Donaldson DA, 2009, 'Where is the jury?: The failures in the scientific evaluation processes in organizational science', Journal of Management Inquiry, 18, pp. 97 - 100

Donaldson DA, 2008, 'Ethics problems and problems with ethics: Toward a pro-management theory', Journal of Business Ethics, 78, pp. 299 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-006-9336-6

Schwarz GM; Clegg SR; Cummings TG; Donaldson DA; Miner JB, 2007, 'We see dead people? The State of Organization Science', Journal of Management Inquiry, 16, pp. 300 - 317

Donaldson DA, 2006, 'Christopher Grey: A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying organizations', Organization Studies, 27, pp. 753 - 756

Donaldson DA, 2005, 'Following the scientific method: How I became a committed functionalist and positivist', Organization Studies, 26, pp. 1071 - 1088

Donaldson DA, 2005, 'For positive management theories while retaining science: Reply to Ghoshal', Academy of Management Learning and Education, 4, pp. 109 - 113

Donaldson DA, 2005, 'Questioning Mintzberg`s educational philosophy; Critical comments on managers not MBAs', Organization Studies, 26, pp. 1098 - 1104

Donaldson DA, 2005, 'Reply to Pfeffer', Organization Studies, 26, pp. 1106 - 1109

Donaldson DA, 2005, 'Vita contemplativa: Following the scientific method: How I became a committed functionalist and positivist', Organization Studies, 26, pp. 1071 - 1088

Donaldson DA; Shughart LA, 2004, 'Redesigning the commercial organization of CSX: An organizational portfolio analysis', Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 43, pp. 69 - 84

Donaldson DA, 2003, 'Neither limitations nor process theories refute the contradictions between theories and management education: Reply to Watson and Chiles', Academy of Management Learning and Education, 2, pp. 292 - 295

Donaldson DA, 2002, 'Damned by our own theories: Contradictions between theories and management learning and education', Academy of Management Learning and Education, 1, pp. 96 - 106

Donaldson DA, 2001, 'Reflections on knowledge and knowledge-intensive firms', Human Relations, pp. 955 - 963

Donaldson DA, 2000, 'Organizational portfolio theory: performance-driven organizational change', Contemporary Economic Policy, 18, pp. 386 - 396

Donaldson DA, 2000, 'Organizational structures for competence-based management', Advances in Applied Business Strategy, pp. 31 - 56

Heslin P; Donaldson L, 1999, 'An organizational portfolio theory of board composition', Corporate Governance, 7, pp. 81 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8683.00131

Heslin PA; Donaldson DA, 1999, 'Organizational portfolio theory of board composition', Corporate Governance - An International Review, 7, pp. 81 - 88

Donaldson DA; Hilmer FG, 1998, 'Management redeemed: The case against fads that harm management', Organizational Dynamics, pp. 7 - 20

Donaldson DA; Muth MM, 1998, 'Stewardship theory and board structure: A contingency approach', Corporate Governance - An International Review, pp. 5 - 28

Donaldson DA, 1998, 'The myth of oaradigm in commensurability in canagement studies: Comments by an integrationist', Organization, pp. 267 - 272

Donaldson L, 1997, 'Letter to the Editor', Organization Studies, 18, pp. 1040 - 1043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/017084069701800615

Donaldson DA, 1997, 'A Positivist Alternative to the Structure-Action Approach', Organization Studies, 18, pp. 77 - 92

Davis JT; Schoorman DF; Donaldson DA, 1997, 'The Distinctiveness of Agency Theory and Stewardship Theory', Academy of Management Review, pp. 611 - 613

Davis JT; Schoorman DF; Donaldson DA, 1997, 'Toward a Stewardship Theory of Management', Academy of Management Review, pp. 20 - 47

Donaldson L; Davis JH, 1994, 'Boards and Company Performance ‐ Research Challenges the Conventional Wisdom', Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2, pp. 151 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8683.1994.tb00071.x

Donaldson L, 1984, 'Explaining structural change in organisations: Contingency determinism or contingency fit', Australian Journal of Management, 9, pp. 15 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/031289628400900202

Donaldson L, 1976, 'The Conflict Resolution Process: The Two-factor Theory and an Industrial Case', Personnel Review, 5, pp. 21 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb055306

Donaldson L, 1976, 'WOODWARD, TECHNOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE — A CRITIQUE OF THE UNIVERSAL GENERALIZATION', Journal of Management Studies, 13, pp. 255 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1976.tb00902.x

Donaldson L, 1975, 'Job Enlargement: A Multidimensional Process', Human Relations, 28, pp. 593 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872677502800701

Donaldson L; Warner M, 1974, 'Bureaucratic and electoral control in occupational interest associations', Sociology, 8, pp. 47 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003803857400800103

Donaldson L; Warner M, 1974, 'Structure of Organizations in Occupational Interest Associations', Human Relations, 27, pp. 721 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872677402700801

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