Patterns of Growth in Welfare Bureaucracies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2276249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank J Weed (The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 391-401 |
| Publication date | 1982-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb01020.x |
| OpenAlex | W1985303744 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
This longitudinal study of the growth of forty-six state welfare departments takes as a point of departure a closed system model of organizational growth. The various components (central office size, managerial components, caseworker component, clerical component) are analyzed in terms of (1) the relationship between the initial size of a component and its growth rate; (2) a comparison of different rates of growth for different components; and (3) the influence of increased work load and environmental complexity on the growth of components. The findings indicate that, for the central office, managerial, and clerical components, the initial size and growth rate are negatively related. The casework component accounts for the greatest amount of total organizational growth and is directly affected by increased work load. Finally, the growth of the managerial component is directly influenced by both increased work load and environmental complexity (i.e., urbanization)
Bureaucracy · Component (thermodynamics) · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Growth rate · Political science · Urbanization · Welfare · Work (physics) · Diverse Academic Research Areas · Engineering · Environmental and Air Quality Management · Mathematics
Organizations and environments
Industrial society and social welfare
Handbook of Organizations (RLE
Centralized and Pluralistic Organizational Structures in Public Welfare
Organizational Structures and Contexts
The Structure of Organizations
The Effects of Separation of Services and Income Maintenance on AFDC Recipients
Size and the Structure of Organizations
Size and Growth as Determinants of Administrative-Production Ratios in Organizations
Administrative Ratios and Organization Size
The Effect of Changing Size Upon the Internal Structure of Organizations
Organizational Size and Functional Complexity
Ratio Measurement and Theoretical Inference in Social Research
Two Patterns of Industrial Administration
Testing a Model for Organizational Growth
The Administration of Poverty
The Administrative Component in Complex Organizations
Interdependence and hierarchy in organizations
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |