Lateral structures revisited: conceptual refinement and empirical extensions
Abstrakti
LATERAL STRUCTURES REVISITED:
CONCEPTUAL REFINEMENT AND EMPIRICAL
EXTENSIONS
Thls paper provides a conceptual refinement on
lateral structures in organizatlons. Five theoretical
points are presented. Further, two empirical
extensions in the research on lateral structures are
presented. Lateral mechanisms for coordination have
been studied in two different Nordic contexts; in SAS
Airline (Sweden, Denmark and Norway) and related
to the Free Commune experiment in Finland,
Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The authors
describe and discuss the main findings from these
contexts. Finally, some themes for further research
are set forth.
