An Empirical Assessment of Perrow's Technology Construct

Beverly P. Lynch

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Beverly P. Lynch Current investigations on the influence of technology upon other organizational variables have remained exploratory because there is disagreement over the boundaries of the construct and there is a dearth of valid and reliable measures of technology. This study develops a measure of technology that could be used for comparative purposes. It also develops a seven-item scale that provides a valid and reliable measure of Perrow's technology construct. The scale discriminates among the technologies of 1 5 functional departments in three academic libraries.

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