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Down the Organization: Influence Processes Across Levels of Hierarchy
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Franklin, Jerome L. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1975
Examines the direction and form of influence processes across levels of hierarchy. Indicates the primacy of downward over upward influence, and supports a basic pattern of relations including the flow of major influence from indicators of group functioning to situational conditions. (Author)
Descriptors: Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Leadership, Organization
Communication, Meaning, and Organized Action.
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Donnellon, Anne; And Others – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1986
Organized action need not depend on group consensus. Karl Weick's theory argues that only minimal shared understanding is needed and that common ends and shared meanings may be outcomes of organized action, not prerequisites. This paper reveals four communication mechanisms that generate and sustain equifinal meaning (multiple routes to a single…
Descriptors: Action Research, Communication Research, Group Behavior, Organizational Communication
The Effects of Group Decision-Making Process and Problem-Situation Complexity on Implementation Attempts.
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White, Sam E.; And Others – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1980
The effects of group problem-solving methods and problem-situation complexity on attempts at implementing group solutions were investigated in a laboratory field setting. Structure in group decision-making processes led to increased rates of implementation attempts at all levels of problem-situation complexity. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Decision Making, Group Behavior, Groups
The Old Days, Hot Groups, and Managers' Lib.
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Leavitt, Harold J. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1996
Describes Douglas McGregor's group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1940s and the group at Carnegie's Graduate School of Industrial Administration in the 1960s. Both showed the lively, task-obsessed characteristics of "hot groups." Both occupied participants' hearts and minds, held to high standards, and were extremely…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Central Perspectives and Debates in Organization Theory.
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Astley, W. Graham; Van de Ven, Andrew H. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1983
Classifies organizational theories, by analytical level and assumptions about human nature, into four perspectives (system-structural, strategic choice, natural selection, collective action), each with different concepts of organizational structure, behavior, change, and managerial roles. Identifies six debates generated among the perspectives and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Group Behavior, Group Structure, Models
A Path Goal Theory of Leader Effectiveness
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House, Robert J. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1971
An explanation of the effects of leader behavior on subordinate satisfaction, motivation, and performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Behavior Theories, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
The Emergence of Norms in Competitive Decision-Making Groups.
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Bettenhausen, Kenneth; Murnighan, J. Keith – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
The behavior of 19 decision-making groups provided the basis for a model of the development of norms in newly formed groups. Data from the decision-making groups are used to illustrate the model, and implications for related research domains are discussed. Appended are 39 references. (MLF)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Standards, College Students, Decision Making