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ERIC Number: EJ439829
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Postindustrial Environments and Organizational Effectiveness in Colleges and Universities.
Cameron, Kim S.; Tschirhart, Mary
Journal of Higher Education, v63 n1 p87-108 Jan-Feb 1992
This survey of 331 institutions of higher education found that attributes of the postindustrial environment--scarcity of resources, competitiveness, and turbulence--are negatively associated with the effectiveness of four-year colleges and universities. Participative decision making, domain offense strategies, and political decision processes appear to mitigate most strongly the environmental effects. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Environmental Influences, Higher Education, Institutional Environment, Institutional Research, Organizational Effectiveness, Political Influences, Program Effectiveness, Social Influences, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Postindustrial Society