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Two Patterns of Industrial Administration

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ID2498045
AuthorsWilliam Rushing, William A Rushing (Washington State University, corresponding author)
Year1967
Volume26
Issue1-2
Pages32-39
Publication date1967-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17730/humo.26.1-2.r4336787781v772v
OpenAlexW2078912001
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Although everyone agrees that administrative personnel are essential for a bureaucratic organization, the effect of organizational size in determining the proportion of personnel who perform administrative tasks is in doubt. From a variety of organizational settings, positive, negative, and nonexistent relationships between organizational size and relative size of the administrative component have been reported, leaving the question for organizations in general largely unanswered. Nevertheless, when a distinction is made between studies of industrial and non-industrial organizations, on the one hand, and between managerial and clerical personnel within industrial organizations, on the other, certain hypotheses are suggested

Administration (probate law) · Bureaucracy · Business · Organizational Effectiveness · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Variety (cybernetics) · Accounting and Organizational Management · Computer Science · Law

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year0,09
Citation span1972 - 1989 (18)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4

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