“…Together, these findings indicate that those who see the small firm as a road to economic salvation, or as a solution to Britain's industrial relations problems, have confused their stereotype of the small firm with reality. (p. 629) Perkins et al give no recognition to the careful review of the scientific literature on the effects of organization size that is included in several of the reports from the Barker group and elsewhere (Barker, 1960(Barker, , 1968Bechtel, 1977Bechtel, , 1982Greenberg, 1979;Price, 1976;Schoggen, 1983;Stokols, 1978;Wicker, 1973Wicker, , 1979aWicker, , 1979bWicker & Kirmeyer, 1977;Willems, 1964).…”