Zusammenfassung
Agency theory is an important, yet controversial, theory. This paper
reviews agency theory, its contributions to organization theory,
and the extant empirical work and develops testable propositions.
The conclusions are that agency theory (a) offers unique insight
into information systems, outcome uncertainty, incentives, and risk
and (b) is an empirically valid perspective, particularly when coupled
with complementary perspectives. The principal recommendation is
to incorporate an agency perspective in studies of the many problems
having a cooperative structure.
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