A Cross-Cultural Examination of Organizational Structure and Control:
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The Zambian Agricultural Sector
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Robert E. Meyer
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Leiden
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Brill
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This article examines modified scales of Hage and Aiken's constructs of centralization and formalization. The modified scales were tested in 16 relatively heterogeneous agricultural planning and service organizations in Central Province, Zambia. Overall, the revised scales performed as well cross-culturally as the original scales have in various institutional settings in the United States. The results of correlation and partial correlation suggests the importance of environmental considerations in organizational studies. Most variable relationships were supported crossculturally, however, some relationships were reversed.