Formal and Emergent Predictors of Coworkers' Perceptual Congruence on an Organization's Social Structure.

Heald, Maureen R.; Contractor, Noshir S.; Koehly, Laura M.; Wasserman, Stanley

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ERIC Number: EJ568422

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Formal and Emergent Predictors of Coworkers' Perceptual Congruence on an Organization's Social Structure.

Heald, Maureen R.; Contractor, Noshir S.; Koehly, Laura M.; Wasserman, Stanley

Human Communication Research, v24 n4 p536-63 Jun 1998

Examines several factors that are hypothesized to influence the perceptual congruence of organization members (extent to which members agree on their perceptions of the organization's social structure). Proposes that employees' congruence on the organization's social structure is influenced by similarities in formal structure, demographic attributes, and emergent structure. (PA)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Congruence (Psychology), Employee Attitudes, Organizational Communication, Predictor Variables

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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