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ERIC ED071551: A Contribution to a Theory of Organizations: An Exam...
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Until recently most of the research on college student
protest of the 1960's has taken either a political
socialization or cultural-historical perspective. The
research reported here takes an organizational
perspective with the expectation that an examination of
student protest should contribute to a theory of
organizations. Two classes of structural variables are
indicated: (1) quality, autonomy and parochialism; and
(2) recruitment and mobilization. These variables can be
seen as providing a characterization of the relations of
a college or university as an organization to other
organizations in its environment. Organized student
protest is conceptualized as a characteristic of an
organization and it is suggested that major variables
accounting for the presence of protest are the level of
intolerance and the level of political activity. These
two variables in turn are determined by relations of the
focal organization to other organizations. Although the
model does not provide perfect prediction, it was found
that higher quality, secular, and larger colleges and
universities are characterized by tolerance and political
activity. It is concluded that an organizational
perspective leads to greater understanding of protest
behavior, and an examination of such behavior contributes
to the understanding of organizations. (Author/HS)
Date Published: 2015-06-18 01:46:42
Identifier: ERIC_ED071551
Item Size: 11710678
Language: english
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