This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Goldberg, A. I. Articles by Kirschenbaum, A. B. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

The Organizational Imperative in Science

Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Alan B. Kirschenbaum

Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

An evaluation of organizational attachment processes accentuates the pervasive influence work sites have on the community of scientists. Work climates determine the distribution of rewards and resources to researchers and by meeting both personal and professional objectives can encourage allegiance to a specific organization. The basis for organizational allegiance, however, varies by employment sector: the fidelity of university scientists is related to satisfaction with general work conditions and is not necessarily connected to their research work; in contrast, non-academic scientists — employed at governmental and industrial laboratories — develop strong functional research relationships with their organizations. These complementary work locations for stable scientific careers highlight the organizational imperative as a vital link between alternative motivational structures for researchers and the development of the scientific enterprise.

Organization Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, 201-220 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/017084068800900204


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?