CASE STUDY OF A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR MALE JUVENILES - ADAPTATION, EXECUTIVE REPLACEMENT AND STABILITY

• NCJ Number: 18918
• Author(s): V L SCHNEIDER
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 286 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Annotation

STUDY OF CONSECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIONS IN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR MALE JUVENILES TO EXAMINE THE WAY IN WHICH CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP MEDIATES AN ORGANIZATION'S ADAPTATION TO ITS ENVIRONMENT.

Abstract

THE PROBLEM WAS APPROACHED BY CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUBSTANTIVE GOALS FOR THE ADAPTIVE PROCESS AND COMPARING THE GOALS SPECIFIED BY EACH ADMINISTRATOR, AS WELL AS THEIR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STRATEGIES. THE INSTITUTION HAD OBEDIENCE/CONFORMITY GOALS AND WAS STABLE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST EXECUTIVE'S ADMINISTRATION. OBSERVATIONS, INTERVIEWS, ORGANIZATIONAL FILES AND DOCUMENTS, AND QUESTIONNAIRES COMPLETED BY STAFF AND INMATES PROVIDED DATA ON INTERNAL ASPECTS OF ORGANIZATION LIFE. DATA ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE FURNISHED BY OBSERVATIONS, INTERVIEWS, LEGISLATIVE RECORDS AND A SAMPLE OF RELEVANT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. INTERNAL DATA WAS OBTAINED ON STAFF PERSPECTIVES OF ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARD DELINQUENTS, SANCTIONS, UNDERSTANDING AND DISCIPLINE, AS WELL AS STAFF SUB-SYSTEM RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)