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Information Technology and Organizational Morphology : The Case of the Korean Central Government

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This study explores the effects of information technology (IT) in terms of longitudinal changes in organizational structures at the central government level. Interestingly, although IT has increased the ratio of middle managers to subordinates, the number of middle managers has not changed radically and, in some cases, has steadily increased, while the proportion of lower-level employees has decreased. Contrary to the belief in a pyramid structure, the actual form of an agency looks like a rocket. The analysis shows that IT effects on the agency’s morphology differ according to the core technology of the agency. However, these effects seem to be constrained by the rigidity of the Korean government in terms of organizational management. This article proposes that agency autonomy in fitting the organizational structure to the real work situation is a necessary condition for seeing the full effects of e-government.

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Public Administration Review

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Hoboken, United States : Wiley-Blackwell., 2011

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English

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00333352

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Volume 71, Issue 3, pages 435–443, May/June 2011

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Information technology

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