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Small Business and the Theory of Small Bureaucracies

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  • Steven K. Paulson
  • Alan L. Stump

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Findings from a partial replication of Blau's 1966 study of small bureaucracies suggest that small businesses of six or fewer employees offer substantial promise for the construction of theories of organizational behavior. Based on the strategy of examining simple forms of phenomena to isolate basic relationships, certain bivariate relationships rejected by Blau for larger organizations, are found to be significant for the smallest organizations in the present study. An expanded multi-variate causal regression analysis provides additional evidence. Seventy-seven small business firms constitute the sample and the variables analyzed are division of labor, professionalization, managerial hierarchy, and administrative apparatus.

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  • Steven K. Paulson & Alan L. Stump, 1979. "Small Business and the Theory of Small Bureaucracies," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 3(3), pages 34-47, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:3:y:1979:i:3:p:34-47
    DOI: 10.1177/104225877900300305
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    1. Lee E. Preston, 1977. "The World of Small Business: A Suggested Typology," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 1(4), pages 13-19, April.
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    2. Pierre-André Julien & Louis Raymond, 1994. "Factors of New Technology Adoption in the Retail Sector," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 18(4), pages 79-90, July.

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