The aim of this study was to develop a short form of the schedule of organizational information to represent accurately the major dimensions of context and structure established. (Author)

This study of over 300 managers with interdepartmental liaison responsibilities drawn from five departments of the same firm, attempts to explain variances in the interdepartmental conflict across individuals and across departments. (Author)

Four bases of power and three types of peer groups are assessed on the behavioral or attitudinal conformity that each is likely to elicit. (Author)

The economic, organizational, and political conditions that encourage a systematic and equitable resolution of conflict are considered in this study of conflict within the automobile distribution system. (Author)

Study describes the development and testing of questionnaire measures of role conflict and ambiguity. Analyses of responses of managers show these two constructs to be factorially identifiable and independent. (Author/KJ)

Replies to Hummon's criticism (EA 500 730) of experiment, justifying use of split-plot repeated measures design, and tests for homogeneity support the use of this design. Variables considered to be not under control are explained as attributes of structure or as variables having inconsequential effects. (Author/KJ)

Study reformulates and measures variables defining bureaucracy andpresents a multidimensional method for classifying bureaucratic patterns. (Author/KJ)

Methodological problems of experimental control, statistical analysis, and appropriateness of experimental design are discussed. Related article is EA 500 731. (KJ)

Field study investigates work groups in an oil refinery whose members are allowed to make their own decisions about task allocation. (Author/KJ)

Study of relationship between consultation and decision processes in an industrial research laboratory showed the efficacy of multidirectional consultation coupled with a pattern of shared, decentralized decision making. (Author/KJ)