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The contingency approach to organizational behavior is based on the tenet that it is difficult and at times incorrect to offer simple general principles to predict behavior within an organization. An extreme interdependence among individuals and situations influences or determines employee behavior, and human behavior is complex to begin with. Therefore the most effective approach to use with one employee or another, in one situation or another, usually cannot be standardized; rather, it is contingent upon many at times complex factors. Nonetheless there are some guidelines to follow in dealing with people.
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Meade, J.W. (1989). Approaches to People (Using Human Resources). In: Aquaculture Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6470-6_3
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