Synthesizes much of the literature on technology and size relative to the two dependent variables that appear to be most alike: structural differentiation and complexity. The better test of a direct causal effect is to examine relationships between rates of change in these variables, not associations between levels. (Author/IRT)

Compares the predictive power of the concept of elite values with leader values; member values; and the three structural variables of complexity, centralization, and formalization in predicting innovative organizational performance. Elite values proved to be slightly better predictors than do either leader values or complexity. (Authors)

Reviews contingency and universalistic theoretical rationales linking satisfaction and conflict to organic and mechanistic styles of structure and control. Results indicate that contingency variables are frequently as good as, or even better than, universalistic variables as predictors of satisfaction and conflict. (Author/IRT)

Three aspects of organization -- structure, resources, and leadership attitudes -- were examined in a longitudinal study of 16 health and welfare agencies to determine which factors best predicted the rate of program innovation. Study results revealed that occupational specialization was the strongest structural predictor, that professional…