Public personnel agencies study, 1958
By: principal investigators, Peter M. Blau, Wolf Heydebrand, and Robert Stauffer
Series: ICPSR -- 7081; ICPSR (Series) -- 7081
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Civil service; Personnel departments
Description: The data are derived from mail questionnaires returned in 1958 by a group of public personnel agencies. These agencies are the executive agencies of the Civil Service Commission that administer the personnel policies of state and local governments. Some special agencies, such as port authorities and some Canadian agencies are also included. The agencies were selected from the rolls of the Public Personnel Association. The data cover the structure of the agency, professionalism, specialization and the agency's performance of its duties.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: 1958.

United States, Canada.

The data contain blanks.

252 cases, 1 card of data per case; 39 variables.

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Blau, Peter M. ''The Hierarchy of Authority in Organizations,'' American Journal of Sociology, 73 (January 1968).

Stauffer, Robert E., Peter M. Blau, and Wolf Heydebrand. ''Organizational Complexities of Public Personnel Agencies,'' Public Personnel Review, 21(1966).