000			01394pab a2200181 454500
008			180718b1995 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aFinlay, William, et.al
245			_aOrganizational structure and job satisfaction _bDo bureaucratic organizations produce more satisfied employees?
260			_c1995
300			_ap.427-50
362			_aNov
520			_a"Popular and social scientific critiques of the bureaucratic model of organizational behavior argue that employment in highly structured, bureaucratic work organizations adversely affects worker attitudes and behavior. In particular, these critics suggest that bureaucratic structure is associated with lower employee job satisfaction. Several empirical studies, however, have yielded an unexpected positive relationship between bureaucratic structure and satisfaction. In this research, the authors argue that this paradoxical pattern is the result of these studies having used measures of organizational structure that conflate job and organizational characteristics. The authors show that among members of an emerging profession, highly structured organizational activities have a negative effect on employee satisfaction when job characteristics are controlled"
650			_aCivil service - United States
650			_aOrganization
650			_aJob satisfaction
773			_aAdministration and Society
909			_a30202
999			_c30202 _d30202