TY - JOUR
T1 - Formal and emergent predictors of coworkers' perceptual congruence on an organization's social structure
AU - Heald, Maureen R.
AU - Contractor, Noshir S.
AU - Koehly, Lauram
AU - Wasserman, Stanley
PY - 1998/6
Y1 - 1998/6
N2 - This article examines several factors that are hypothesized to influence the perceptual congruence among organizational members. Perceptual congruence is defined as the extent to which members agree on their perceptions of the organization's social structure. This study proposes that employees'congruence on the organization's social structure is influenced by similarities informal structure, demographic attributes, and emergent structure. The hypotheses were tested using cognitive social structure data collected at a city's public works department.
AB - This article examines several factors that are hypothesized to influence the perceptual congruence among organizational members. Perceptual congruence is defined as the extent to which members agree on their perceptions of the organization's social structure. This study proposes that employees'congruence on the organization's social structure is influenced by similarities informal structure, demographic attributes, and emergent structure. The hypotheses were tested using cognitive social structure data collected at a city's public works department.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1998.tb00430.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1998.tb00430.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032361149
SN - 0360-3989
VL - 24
SP - 536
EP - 563
JO - Human Communication Research
JF - Human Communication Research
IS - 4
ER -