A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship between Size and Performance: The Productivity and Efficiency of Organizations and Their Subunits.

Gooding, Richard Z.; Wagner, John A., III

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ERIC Number: EJ335697

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship between Size and Performance: The Productivity and Efficiency of Organizations and Their Subunits.

Gooding, Richard Z.; Wagner, John A., III

Administrative Science Quarterly, v30 n4 p462-81 Dec 1985

Analyzes 31 studies of size-performance relationships in organizational structures. Results show that organizational size and productivity are positively related to each other in contrast to review findings to date. Includes extensive references. (MD)

Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Organization Size (Groups), Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Theories, Productivity, Research, Systems Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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