Isolation in Organizations: Alienation from Authority, Control, and Expressive Relations.

Miller, Jon

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Publication Date: 1975

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Isolation in Organizations: Alienation from Authority, Control, and Expressive Relations

Miller, Jon

Administrative Science Quarterly, 20, 2, 260-271, Jun 75

Alienation, defined as an objective state of isolation from others, is studied among 335 members of five organizations. Four dimensions of isolation are studied: isolation from formal authority, from the network of perceived actual control, from friends, and from highly respected coworkers. (Author)

Descriptors: Alienation, Interaction Process Analysis, Organization, Organizational Theories, Social Isolation

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