An investigation was made of influence in 77 academic departments of 11 community colleges in Maryland. The purposes of the investigation were to examine the relationship of perceived measures of influence to member attitudes of (a) policy agreement, (b) superior-subordinate relations, (c) peer relations; to examine the aslopes of the distribution of actual influence and the distribution of actual influence over programming curves; and to examine the amount of passive influence within departments. Twelve hypotheses were tested. All full-time teaching faculty within the 77 departments were asked to complete a questionnaire during Fall 1971. A total of 662 usable questionnaires (60%) were returned. Analyses of the data showed positive and significant correlations between total amount of actual influence and member attitudes of policy agreement, superior-subordinate relations, and peer relations. There were negative and significant correlations between variability among the orientation of influence curves and member attitudes of policy agreement and superior-subordinate relations; there was a negative and non-significant correlation between variability among the orientation of influence curves and peer relations. The analyses showed negative and significant correlations between variability about the distribution of actual and ideal influence curves and member attitudes of policy agreement, superior-subordinate relations, and peer relations. There were significantly more negatively sloped distribution of actual influence curves than positively sloped curves, and there were significantly more positively sloped distribution of influence over programming curves. There were no significant differences in the means which determine passive influence curves within the departments. (DB)