The Continuing Problem of Organization Size in the Business Literature

Abstract

A number of disciplines pursue research into organizations. This organizational research serves to improve knowledge regarding the interaction, behaviour and direction of humans and groups. Organisational size, as a construct, has received considerable application but little critical examination. However, despite the magnitude of the problem, there have been few studies that have explicitly shown the problem. This study examines prior work in the business literature in order to document and classify how organization size is used and understood. The findings raise a number of issues that are out of the scope of this study. These issues merit further research.