Thomas F James
Biographic Data
| ID | 249789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas F James |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas F |
| FAMILY NAME | James |
| SIGNATURE | JAMES T F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Decreased Sexual Motivation and Heightened Anxiety in Male Long-Evans Rats are Correlated with the Memory for a Traumatic Event
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Formal Organizations: A Problem of Partitions
The discovery of a volume, published by the Royal Society, dealing with partitions (an area of combinatorial mathematics) is reported to appear as both a solution to computational problems noted by Mayhew et al (1972) and a powerful tool by which a number of other baseline models may be constructed with varying sets of limiting assumptions. One of these other models is described and appears relevant to the study of differentiation in terms of ran…
Size and Growth as Determinants of Administrative-Production Ratios in Organizations
Previous research has usually found a negative relationship between organization size and the ratio of administrative to production workers. That research has almost always relied on cross-section data, so that the effects of growth over time could not be considered separately from the effects of size at one point in time. This study uses data on U.S. school districts at two points in time to investigate the interrelationships of size, growth and…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Formal Organizations: A Baseline Generator for Two Major Theoretical Propositions
Blau's (1970) two major theoretical propositions relating size and structural differentiation in formal organizations can be produced by the logical possibilities for differentiation that are generated by different values of size. The relationships specified by these propositions are illustrated with calculations from a computer algorithm that enumerates all possible structural forms for each size and assigns the same probability of occurrence to…
The Administrative Component in Complex Organizations
This study examines the relationship between organizational size and the proportional size of the administrative component. The hypothesis is that organizational size is directly related to the difference between the relative sizes of the clerical and managerial components–the clerical ratio minus the managerial ratio. The data, drawn from general hospitals, show that the managerial component and organizational size are negatively related, and th…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Military Organizations: Testing a Harmonic Series Model of the Division of Labor
Zipf's (1949) harmonic series model of social organization is applied to the occupational structure of military organizations previously studied by Childers, Mayhew, and Gray (1971). It is not possible to reject the (generalized) harmonic series hypothesis for any of the three types of units studied: vessels, lifeboat stations, and office. It is noted that Zipf's model constitutes a general description of occupational structure from which the div…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Formal Organizations: A Baseline Generator for Two Major Theoretical Propositions
Blau's (1970) two major theoretical propositions relating size and structural differentiation in formal organizations can be produced by the logical possibilities for differentiation that are generated by different values of size. The relationships specified by these propositions are illustrated with calculations from a computer algorithm that enumerates all possible structural forms for each size and assigns the same probability of occurrence to…
Size and Growth as Determinants of Administrative-Production Ratios in Organizations
Previous research has usually found a negative relationship between organization size and the ratio of administrative to production workers. That research has almost always relied on cross-section data, so that the effects of growth over time could not be considered separately from the effects of size at one point in time. This study uses data on U.S. school districts at two points in time to investigate the interrelationships of size, growth and…
The Administrative Component in Complex Organizations
This study examines the relationship between organizational size and the proportional size of the administrative component. The hypothesis is that organizational size is directly related to the difference between the relative sizes of the clerical and managerial components–the clerical ratio minus the managerial ratio. The data, drawn from general hospitals, show that the managerial component and organizational size are negatively related, and th…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Military Organizations: Testing a Harmonic Series Model of the Division of Labor
Zipf's (1949) harmonic series model of social organization is applied to the occupational structure of military organizations previously studied by Childers, Mayhew, and Gray (1971). It is not possible to reject the (generalized) harmonic series hypothesis for any of the three types of units studied: vessels, lifeboat stations, and office. It is noted that Zipf's model constitutes a general description of occupational structure from which the div…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Formal Organizations: A Problem of Partitions
The discovery of a volume, published by the Royal Society, dealing with partitions (an area of combinatorial mathematics) is reported to appear as both a solution to computational problems noted by Mayhew et al (1972) and a powerful tool by which a number of other baseline models may be constructed with varying sets of limiting assumptions. One of these other models is described and appears relevant to the study of differentiation in terms of ran…
Size and Growth as Determinants of Administrative-Production Ratios in Organizations
Previous research has usually found a negative relationship between organization size and the ratio of administrative to production workers. That research has almost always relied on cross-section data, so that the effects of growth over time could not be considered separately from the effects of size at one point in time. This study uses data on U.S. school districts at two points in time to investigate the interrelationships of size, growth and…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Formal Organizations: A Baseline Generator for Two Major Theoretical Propositions
Blau's (1970) two major theoretical propositions relating size and structural differentiation in formal organizations can be produced by the logical possibilities for differentiation that are generated by different values of size. The relationships specified by these propositions are illustrated with calculations from a computer algorithm that enumerates all possible structural forms for each size and assigns the same probability of occurrence to…
The Administrative Component in Complex Organizations
This study examines the relationship between organizational size and the proportional size of the administrative component. The hypothesis is that organizational size is directly related to the difference between the relative sizes of the clerical and managerial components–the clerical ratio minus the managerial ratio. The data, drawn from general hospitals, show that the managerial component and organizational size are negatively related, and th…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Military Organizations: Testing a Harmonic Series Model of the Division of Labor
Zipf's (1949) harmonic series model of social organization is applied to the occupational structure of military organizations previously studied by Childers, Mayhew, and Gray (1971). It is not possible to reject the (generalized) harmonic series hypothesis for any of the three types of units studied: vessels, lifeboat stations, and office. It is noted that Zipf's model constitutes a general description of occupational structure from which the div…
System Size and Structural Differentiation in Formal Organizations: A Problem of Partitions
The discovery of a volume, published by the Royal Society, dealing with partitions (an area of combinatorial mathematics) is reported to appear as both a solution to computational problems noted by Mayhew et al (1972) and a powerful tool by which a number of other baseline models may be constructed with varying sets of limiting assumptions. One of these other models is described and appears relevant to the study of differentiation in terms of ran…
Decreased Sexual Motivation and Heightened Anxiety in Male Long-Evans Rats are Correlated with the Memory for a Traumatic Event
Political science (3 works) · Baseline (sea (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Physics (2 works)