TY - JOUR
AU - Wade, L., L.
AB - Abstract This article seeks to isolate several indices of communications in a public bureaucracy (the U.S. Bureau of the Budget) and to relate those indices to performance criteria in a systematic fashion. Two major propositions are tested through an examination of six hypotheses logically related to the propositions. The propositions are (1) high levels of personal activity in an organizational communication net will be associated positively with high levels of involvement in other communication nets, and (2) high levels of personal involvement in communication nets will be associated positively with effective job performance. The propositions are confirmed through an analysis of the data and lead to the conclusion that (1) the indices of communication tend to converge to the point where a single index (external telephone calls received) may be used to predict how an individual will relate to other communication nets both within and between organizations, and that (2) the same indicator may be used to predict the effectiveness of job performance of organizational participants. Data for the study were generated through the circulation of interview protocols in two divisions of the Budget Bureau in the spring of 1964. References 1 Blau , Peter M. , and W. Richard Scott Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach . San Francisco : Chandler , 1962 . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC 2 Lewin , Kurt. Frontiers in Group Dynamics ,” Human Relations , 1 : 147 – 53 , 1947 . OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat 3 March , James G. , and Herbert A. Simon Organizations . New York : Wiley , 1958 . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC 4 Presthus , Robert. The Organizational Society: An Analysis and a Theory . New York : Vintage , 1965 . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC 5 Wildavsky , Aaron. The Politics of the Budgetary Process . Boston : Little, Brown , 1964 . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC This content is only available as a PDF. © 1968 International Communication Association
TI - Communications in a Public Bureaucracy: Involvement and Performance
JF - Journal of Communication
DO - 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1968.tb00051.x
DA - 1968-03-01
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SP - 18
EP - 25
VL - 18
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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