Reliability of Organizational Measures, 1988: Survey of Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Organizations (ICPSR 9469)

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
David Knoke; Paul D. Reynolds

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09469.v1

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Summary

This project had several objectives: (1) to estimate the reliabilities of diverse organizational measures by studying organizations of various types and sizes to determine the impact of size and type on reliability, (2) to develop techniques that facilitate common measurement across all organizational types, (3) to determine the characteristics of respondents most likely to provide the modal or typical response for an organization, and (4) to demonstrate that high quality samples of diverse organization types are technically feasible and affordable. Measures of age, size, external setting, internal structural differentiation, and organizational culture were obtained from 370 government, social service, and business organizations. The project involved data collection from at least five centrally located decision-makers (executives, administrators, officers) of each organization sampled. Characteristics of the respondent were included, with major emphasis on experience with the organization as well as current position and standardized demographic data. The unit of analysis for the project was the organization.

Citation

Knoke, David, and Reynolds, Paul D. Reliability of Organizational Measures, 1988: Survey of Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Organizations. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09469.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (CSE87-14154)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1988

Date of Collection

1988-01 -- 1988-04

Data Collection Notes

  1. Users need to use the SPSS/PC control statements in Part 2 to work with both data files.

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Sample

Representative and systematic samples were drawn from diverse organizations.

Universe

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area organizations

Data Source

self-enumerated questionnaire

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Original Release Date

1991-03-05

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Knoke, David, and Paul D. Reynolds. Reliability of Organizational Measures, 1988: Survey of Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Organizations. ICPSR09469-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09469.v1

2006-01-18 File CB9469.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

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