Structures involve a patterned regularity of interactions and frameworks that guide what individuals work on, with whom, and who influences those decisions. A deeper understanding of structures that exist within organizations has begun to emerge and illuminate new forms of structures (over 100 of them) that drive behavior in organizations. In this scoping review, we organize the fragmented insights on structure within organizations into a unifying framework that provides a coherent foundation for the domain by identifying nine topic domains and offering a summary of each (i.e., authority structures, cognitive structures, communication structures, coordination structures, leadership structures, motivational structures, social structures, task structures, and temporal structures). Next, as multiple structures co-occur within organizations, we explore the connections across topic domains, including their combinations. Understanding the separate topic domains and their combinations enables researchers and practitioners to understand why employee behaviors are inconsistent with the behaviors endorsed by a particular structure and better navigate the inherent complexity of structures within organizations. Finally, we outline implications for future work featuring structure combinations as well as emergent areas from the topic domains, such as the potential for change. Given the ubiquity of structures in organizations and their links with a variety of theoretical domains, this article’s implications have the potential to benefit a wide range of scholars and managers.

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对复杂性进行分类：组织内结构的范围审查


结构涉及互动和框架的模式化规律，指导个人做什么、与谁一起工作以及谁影响这些决策。对组织内存在的结构的更深入理解已经开始出现，并阐明了驱动组织行为的新结构形式（超过 100 种）。在这次范围界定审查中，我们将组织内部结构的碎片化见解组织成一个统一的框架，通过确定九个主题领域并提供每个主题领域的摘要（即权威结构、认知结构、沟通结构、协调），为该领域提供连贯的基础。结构、领导结构、激励结构、社会结构、任务结构和时间结构）。接下来，随着组织内同时出现多种结构，我们探索跨主题领域的联​​系，包括它们的组合。了解单独的主题领域及其组合使研究人员和从业者能够理解为什么员工行为与特定结构认可的行为不一致，并更好地驾驭组织内结构固有的复杂性。最后，我们概述了对未来工作的影响，包括结构组合以及主题领域的新兴领域，例如变革的潜力。鉴于组织中结构的普遍性及其与各种理论领域的联系，本文的含义有可能使广泛的学者和管理者受益。