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Pearlman, Kenneth – 1978
This report reviews the personnel literature on the development of job families to illustrate and provide examples of varied approaches to the taxonomic issues of objective, content, and method in job family construction. This booklet first examines the definition of job families and then briefly discusses the potential utility of job families.…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Classification, Cluster Grouping, Group Structure
Pinto, Patrick R.; Pinder, Craig C. – 1972
Two hundred twenty-seven organizational units drawn from a variety of industries were cluster-analyzed on the basis of their similarities across 18 behavioral and structural dimensions of effectiveness. Using a multivariate subgrouping procedure, eight homogeneous clusters of units were found, varying in size from 8-65 units, and each…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Cluster Analysis