Accession Number:

AD0760326

Title:

Organic and Mechanistic Organizational Climates and the Contingency Model.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• Csoka,Louis S.

Report Date:

1973-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

A study of 52 army mess halls tested the effects of organizational climate on group performance. The study showed that the mechanistic-organic dimension of the army company, the parent organization, moderates the relationship between leadership motivation measured by the Least-Preferred Coworker LPC score and the effectiveness of the mess hall, a subordinate unit. The study supported the hypothesis that the organic-mechanistic dimension was conceptually related to the situational favorableness dimension of Fiedlers Contingency Model, and that relationship-motivated high LPC leaders perform best in organizations which have an organic climate while task-motivated low LPC leaders function best in mechanistic climates. Author

Descriptors:

• (*GROUP DYNAMICS
• ARMY PERSONNEL)
• (*MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
• GROUP DYNAMICS)
• MOTIVATION
• LEADERSHIP
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE