Collective climates: a test of their sociopsychological significance

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This article contributes to debate on the measurement of organizational climate. Use of means cloaks wide variations in individual perceptions. Use of clustering techniques to identify groups of people who see climate in a similar way has been questioned because such "collectives" may not represent meaningful sociopsychological groups. The present work is based on the view that meaningful collectives are most likely to emerge when people work together on common tasks in relatively isolated and defined physical locations. In an organization in which such conditions exist, a clustering technique largely failed to identify meaningful social collectives. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Corporate culture, Group identity, Social identity, Collective behavior

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Transforming work-family conflict into commitment in network marketing organizations

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A study was conducted about three network marketing organizations relating to the products and services that were sold through distributors who were either housewives or part timers. In this process they had to sell the products or services to various customers or they had to introduce new people in this job for which they would get some sales commission.

Surveys, Marketing industry, Internet marketing

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The Dynamics Of Collective Leadership And Strategic Change In Pluralistic Organizations

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This paper studied how strategic change could be achieved by collective leadership in 5 health care organizations. They found that to achieve change it is necessary to mobilize organization, environment and "coupling" between leaders.

Canada, Civic and Social Organizations, Social services, not elsewhere classified, Health & Welfare Councils, Statistical Data Included, Community health services, Social services, Public assistance, Leadership, Social services industry

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