The relationship between the bureaucratic character of an adult education organization and its willingness to accept innovation in program development was investigated. An instrument was constructed and administered to 45 Cooperative Extension Service organizations to obtain a profile of each one in terms of five characteristics of bureaucracy as…

There are several pervasive flaws in the institution for teacher education which impede change in the field. These problems result from: (a) conflicts among the various organizations participating in teacher education with regard to function, authority, and responsibility; (b) the organizational placement of teacher education in the college or…

The purpose of this paper is to examine the variables affecting the power relationships between an elementary principal, his superordinates, and his subordinates as they relate to the conversion of policy decisions into organizational practices. With the centralization of school districts, the increased pressure for community participation in…

The greatest weakness of US liberal education is that students are not encouraged to learn outside the rigidly structured system of courses, credits, grades, and frequent tests. Some criticisms of liberal education concern professors who are more devoted to their disciplines than to their students, and the lack of diversification of curricula for…

A proposal up for consideration before the United States Senate is discussed. The program suggested is a redesign of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in keeping with the principles of the New Federalism. The proposal touches every major area of HEW policy: it simplifies the Department's program structure; it narrows and focuses the…

In Businesses, leaders control an array of delegated powers that are valued or required by followers. The present study is concerned with the power holder, and is an examination of factors influencing a supervisor's use of delegated power when attempting to correct subordinate behavior. In a previous study, conducted in a non-union setting, use of…

Using extensive legal documentation, including general laws, the Wisconsin and Federal Constitution, court cases, and legislation, this paper discusses the authority and purpose of the Wisconsin State Universities, how this authority is exerted over students, and whether these acts of authority are legal and conform with the stated purposes.…

This study tried to isolate some of the characteristics that account for the variation in community receptivity to federal aid programs. The communities selected for the study had a population of 25,000 or more and had been in existence prior to 1950. Community participation in the programs was measured by the absence or presence of communities in…

The author sees a contemporary worldwide crisis in the nature of authority. Faced with the disintegration of the old forms, parents and children are grasping for some form of stability. Working from the premise that the patriarchal sense is deeply rooted in us all, the author sees a need to develop new concepts of authority which will support…

Seventy-five male Ph.D. candidates were interviewed individually to determine which parent seemed more influential as an identification model. The interview also yielded judgments as to which parent offered more emotional intimacy and which parent was dominant in the family. A chi-square analysis between these characteristics and judged…

The concept of authority is described as functioning, in Poland's rural areas, as a factor consolidating social ties and integrating the group internally. The historical change the concept has undergone in the rural community is presented through reviews of other research on rural authority. The different types of rural authority discussed are (1)…

This dissertation address concerns the distribution of influence in decision-making groups. One general hypothesis of the study was that influence perceptions of group members depend upon the phases of decision-making in which they participate. Another was that the effects of participation would vary with the nature of the decision task or with…

This report on youth and politics was one of a series of working papers on the activities, and behavior of young people between 15 and 21 years of age. It was intended to provide background information while the Massachusetts Committee on Children and Youth prepared a comprehensive report on the status of children and youth in the Commonwealth for…

Little is known about subordinate attributions connected with perceptions of supervisory influence. Data about first- and second-level supervisors from a nationwide insurance organization revealed that perceived supervisory influence was significantly related to perceptions of supervisory effectiveness, influence over valued rewards and the task,…

Explains how a popular novel can be used to introduce a variety of issues and concepts which are typically covered in introductory sociology courses. This approach avoids problems involved with duplication of brief selections of literature from various sources. Kesey's novel is especially useful for examining power structure and socialization…