A Study of Role Conceptions in Bureaucracy

Career Orientations and Perceptions of Rewarded Activity in a Research Organization

“…Gouldner (1957-58), studying an academic setting, proposed two latent_or -ganizational identities : 1) cosmopolitans, people with high commitment to specialized role skills and likely to use an outer reference group; and 2) locals, people with low commitment to specialized roles and likely to use an inner reference groupv** Marcson (1960), in an industrial research laboratory, identified several types of career pathways : 1) continuing devotion to research and a scientific professional career; 2) becoming intrinsically interested in administration and attempting to steer one's career * For example, see : Reissman, 1949;Marvick, 1954;Pelz, 1956;Wilensky, 1956, pp. 129-153;Gouldner, 1957-58;Bennis, et al , 1958;Caplow and McGhee, 1958;Marcson, 1960;Blau and Scott, 1962, pp.…”

Company Satisfaction, Company Commitment and Work Involvement : An Empirical Examination of Blue Collar

“…This suggested that attitudes towards the job were likely to be related to attitudes toward the company that provided the job (26). The results rejected the notion that work attachment or involvement was incompatible with company commitment (23,1). Thèse results could perhaps be explained in the light of Osgood and Tannenbaum's Congruity Theory of Attitude Change (19).…”

Conflict in Libraries Revisited

“…Rotondi believes that conflict between such divergent personalities is inevitable in the organizational setting. This theory seems to parallel efforts by Riessman (1949) (functional, specialist, service and Job bureaucrats) and the work of Gouldner (1957) in this area (locals vs. cosmopfolitans) in looking at the personality and perspective of the employee.…”