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ERIC Number: EJ282976
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Some Empirical Issues in Research on Academic Departments: Homogeneity, Aggregation, and Levels of Analysis.
Ramsey, V. Jean; Dodge, L. Delf
Research in Higher Education, v18 n4 p409-19 1983
The appropriateness of using academic departments as a level of analysis of organizational administration is examined. Factors analyzed include homogeneity of faculty responses to measures of organizational structure, environmental uncertainty, and task routineness. Results were mixed, demonstrating the importance of empirically testing rather than assuming levels of analysis. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Departments, Higher Education, Organizational Theories, Research Methodology, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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