Organizational evaluation and authority. [TR 17]
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
The authors describe four kinds of authority rights (legitimate attempts to control others) and analyze organizational authority systems in terms of the process by which participants’ performances are evaluated. They present theoretical ideas including a prediction that certain incompatible authority systems can block participants’ ability to attain satisfactory evaluations. That problem, in turn, causes instability of the organizational system. This TR was later published by the authors (1967).
[Abstract by Murray Webster, 2014.]
Also published as: "Organizational Evaluation and Authority," May 1966. Published in Administrative Science Quarterly 12 (No. 1), June 1967, pp. 93-117.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | May 1966 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Scott, W. Richard |
|---|---|
| Author | Dornbusch, Sanford M. |
| Author | Busching, Bruce C. |
| Author | Laing, James D. (James Dwight), 1935- |
| Publisher | Stanford University, Department of Sociology, Laboratory for Social Research |
Subjects
| Subject | organizational structure |
|---|---|
| Subject | performance standards |
| Subject | authority |
| Subject | sociology research |
| Genre | Technical report |
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- Scott, W. Richard and Dornbusch, Sanford M. and Busching, Bruce C. and Laing, James D.. (1966). Organizational evaluation and authority. Technical Report 17, Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University Department of Sociology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zq636pr1208
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