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Schneider, 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
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