Version history — Formal vs. Informal Structures¶
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Current edition: v1 · 2026-08-24 · prime abstraction
Corrections¶
Checking this entry found 3 errors, now corrected: against its sources, or where it contradicted itself or its arithmetic did not hold. Each is listed here so a reader can see what changed. How references were checked.
- 2026-06-21 · Citation corrected. Gave the venue of Maitlis (2005) as the Academy of Management Review; it appeared in the Academy of Management Journal 48(1), 21–49.
- 2026-06-21 · Citation corrected. Cited Weick's Sensemaking in Organizations (1995) for a method of diagnosing formal and informal structure; the sentence now cites Selznick's 'Foundations of the Theory of Organization' (1948).
- 2026-06-21 · Citation corrected. Cited Weick's Sensemaking in Organizations (1995) for a claim it does not make; the sentence now cites Selznick's TVA and the Grass Roots (1949).
Editions¶
| Version | Date | Change | What changed |
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| v1 | 2026-08-24 | First published edition. | first published edition |
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