Absence, Legitimacy and System Size.

Autor/in	Gibson, R. Oliver
Titel	Absence, Legitimacy and System Size.
Quelle	(1968), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Organization Size (Groups); Organizational Climate; School Districts; School Personnel; Teacher Attendance; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Organization size; Unternehmensgröße; Organisationsklima; School district; Schulbezirk; Schulpersonal; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	As school systems grow both vertically and horizontally, they face forces tending both to unify (centripetal) and to disunify (centrifugal). A viable system growth involves a blend of both forces on both vertical and horizontal dimensions. It is often assumed that the disunifying impact of centrifugal forces is of such proportion that the administrative unit must grow in size at a rate faster than that of the system in order to provide adequate centripetal impact. Data compiled for all school districts in the United States from 1951-52 to 1963-64, however, show that the relative size of the administrative component varies inversely with the size of the system. Although evidence from the literature is scanty, general propositions can be tentatively advanced concerning the relationship between system size and personnel absences: (1) Absence is associated with size in a curvilinear relations, increasing and then decreasing; (2) in a small system absence is a function of the total social system, while in a large system it is associated with the characteristics of the subsystem work group; (3) absence varies most in small system; and (4) frequency of absence varies inversely with the degree of compatibility of personal and organizational styles. (HW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01