Measuring Organizational Power

1 November 1980

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Administration & Society

Vol. 12 (3) , 357-375
https://doi.org/10.1177/009539978001200307

Abstract

Although power is a major concern of organization theory, little research has focused on the horizontal dimension of power between organizations at relatively equal hierarchical levels. This study attempts to fill that void by operationalizing organizational power for 127 federal government agencies. The derived measure is subjected to tests for internal and external validity by empirically testing one promising theory of agency power.

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