The concept of personal values is a much referenced but little documented one in the organization behavior literature. In this study, a modified version of the Rokeach Value Survey is used to generate data on the personal values of 132 managers from four different organizations. Comparisons are made by level and by organization, and the value space of each organization is partially mapped, by combining the value data of the managers themselves with the values attributed by them to relevant and nonrelevant others. The results indicate the existence of by-level, by-organization differences hither-to undetected by other, more general measures of personal values. Suggestions for expanded research and diagnostic use of the Value Survey are made.
Managers in four acute care hospitals in southeast Florida described the resource, management, outcome, and external issues confronting their organizations. Eight major issues and four contributing and resulting subissues associated with each were identified from the 746 separate issue statements the managers made. Nurses in the same four hospitals were asked to evaluate the impact of the eight issues on their organization and their work, as well as the extent to which the subissues had either contributed to or resulted from the main ones. Overall perceptual patterns are discussed, as well as the differential effects of both hospital type and level of employment on perceptions. It is suggested that differential perceptions among such a key component of the care delivery system as nurses will need to be better understood as hospitals seek to survive in a turbulent environment.
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