A study examined the effects of employee turnover (employees who were fired, laid off, retired, or left for other reasons) and mobility (employees who left one newspaper to work for another newspaper or other journalism medium) on small daily newspapers (under 25,000 circulation). The study surveyed 300 newsroom editors and 600 reporters (with a…

This is one of several papers presented at a Federal Trade Commission Symposium on Media Concentration. It expresses views of the National Association of Advertising Publishers regarding problems that publishers of advertising shoppers and free newspapers encounter from chain-owned newspapers. Shoppers and free newspapers are described and…

ELEMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY ARE IDENTIFIED WHICH ARE INFLUENCED BY SIZE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. PRODUCTIVITY INCLUDES OUTCOMES SUCH AS ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND EXCLUDES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES SUCH AS GAINS IN INCOME. RESEARCH IN THIS FIRST PHASE WAS DONE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF IOWA. DATA STORED WITH THE IOWA EDUCATIONAL…

This study explores the speculation that unidentified factors such as organizational complexity might account for disparate research findings regarding the relationship between the administrative component and organization size. Complexity and size of organization were found to be significantly related variables, although there is no evidence to…

Argues that large broadcasting corporations can afford to provide more diversified and even more localized service than smaller media with limited resources; and warns that government intervention in the name of antitrust could ultimately lead to government intervention in the creative process itself. (JMF)

Available from: Comparative Administration Research Institute, Kent State University Press, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. (IRT)

The results show that socioeconomic origins have more effect on a person's career advancement when objective measures of performance are less available or when linkage in a social network of other high socioeconomic status persons is important for performance. (Author/IRT)

A study based on data from Norway's four universities shows that administrative load for academics tends to decrease with increasing department size. However, large departments have relatively higher administrative costs than small ones, and in departments where administrative and office functions are poorly developed, academics spend more time on…

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)

Illustrates how some bureaucratic elements are being strengthened at the expense of participation in organizational decisions by examining several sectors of British administration--industry, local and central government, development planning, and the health service. (Available from Plenum Publishing Corporation, 227 West 17 Street, New York, New…

Considers the concept of organizational climate and examines the relationships to be expected between different aspects of climate and various dimensions of organizational structure and context. Examination of the effect of hierarchical level on perceptions of organizational climate showed significant variations by level. (Author)

Evidence that group practice and revenue-sharing reduce physicians' incentives to keep costs of medical services down and work effort high, with implications for public policy in regard to the value of large clinics and subsidized group practice. (MF)

Describes the development of job-specific performance appraisal factors for 375 of the 450 classifications in a county government, which covered 90 percent of all employees. (Author)

The 11th annual survey of employer-provided training includes "The Budget Blahs" (Lee); "What Employers Teach" (Filipczak); and "Work Teams: How Far Have They Come?" (Gordon). (SK)