Time Series Test of a Harmonic Series Model of Organizational Differentiation.
Abstract
Data from 68 years in the evolution of an education and training organization was used to test the Mayhew-Childers harmonic series model of role differentiation across time. Previous strategies for testing this model have been questioned, and consideration of data collection design appears necessary to test any model of role differentiation. The harmonic series model lends itself to linearity tests of the relationship of transformed variables and demonstrates predictive properties which led to the proposal of an alternate model. Suggestion is made for the explicit consideration of time in further studies of role differentiation in formal organizations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA009980
Entities
People
- Robert Hamilton Spencer Jr
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School