Organizational centralization in court administration: An empirical assessment
Data gathered from a national survey of court managers are used to examine the centralized versus decentralized perspectives recently developed in organizational theories of court administration. Two areas are examined in the research: administrative decision making and job formalization. Utilizing...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1987
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American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1987, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 180-198 |
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Summary: | Data gathered from a national survey of court managers are used to examine the centralized versus decentralized perspectives recently developed in organizational theories of court administration. Two areas are examined in the research: administrative decision making and job formalization. Utilizing discriminant analysis, it appears that few states are dominated by a single management approach, and that in all likelihood the local norms and values influence the ways in which the courts are managed. |
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ISSN: | 1936-1351 |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF02885655 |