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Gregory, Kathleen L. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1983
After reviewing organizational culture studies done in industrial settings, this paper proposes a native-view paradigm from anthropology for exploring the multiple perspectives of participants in large organizations and describes a study--of Silicon Valley technical professionals' native views--that applies the methods of ethnoscience ethnography.…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Employee Attitudes, Ethnography, Models
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March, James C.; March, James G. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1981
Concerning their study of Wisconsin school superintendents, the authors comment briefly on small differences between their own tactics for modeling mobility and the tactics used by some others, including Schmittlein and Morrison. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Research Methodology, Research Problems
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Dess, Gregory G.; Beard, Donald W. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1984
Reducing Aldrich's codification of organizational task environments from six to three dimensions--munificence (capacity), complexity (homogeneity-heterogeneity, concentration-dispersion), and dynamism (stability-instability, turbulence), the authors use interim and factor analytical techniques to explore each dimension's viability and draw…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Models, Organizational Climate
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Schmittlein, David C.; Morrison, Donald G. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1981
Reexamines two recent papers in "Administrative Science Quarterly" (1977, EJ 167 789; 1978, EJ 188 620) by James C. March and James G. March on a study involving Wisconsin school superintendents. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Careers, Elementary Secondary Education, Hypothesis Testing, Models