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Peer reviewedHartman, Rosanne L.; Johnson, J. David – Human Communication Research, 1989
Compares two contrasting perspectives of social contagion processes (structural equivalence and cohesion) associated with the organizational outcome variables of commitment and role ambiguity in organizations. Finds that structural equivalence was more associated with role ambiguity and that commitment was more associated with cohesion. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Network Analysis
Download full textSchneider, Larissa A. – 1984
J. Hage and F. Hull (1981) developed a typology of organizations based on two major dimensions--scale and complexity. The typology delineates four types of organizations: Type 1, "traditional" organizations, typically small-scale structures with low complexity; Type 2, "mechanical" organizations that are large scale, low complexity structures…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication Research, Group Structure, Higher Education
Petelle, John L.; Garthright-Petelle, Kathleen – 1985
A study examined the relationships between (1) employee job performance and organizational relationships, (2) employee job performance and communication processes, (3) organizational relationships and communication processes, and (4) task characteristics and structural characteristics. Data were gathered from approximately 200 employees of a state…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Group Structure, Interpersonal Relationship
Rogers, Donald P. – 1976
This paper contains a theoretical analysis and empirical study that support the major premise of Robert Dubin's minimal-linkage construct-that restricting communication links increases organizational stability. The theoretical analysis shows that fewer communication links are associated with less uncertainty, more redundancy, and greater…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Dynamics, Group Structure
Stech, Ernest L. – 1980
A study of coordination modes in work group communication was conducted to evaluate and expand leadership contingency models. A total of 106 people in classes and workshops on organizational communication completed seven questionnaires resulting in nine measures of six independent variables representing the following contingency factors from…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Contingency Management, Group Dynamics
Putnam, Linda L.; Bullis, Connie – 1983
A preliminary study investigating the perceptions of intergroup relations in the bargaining process supports Kenneth Burke's concepts of order and mystery. Questionnaires, interviews, and direct observations of teachers' and school boards' teams involved in contract negotiations show that people closest to the bargaining saw more order in the…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Communication Research
