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In this study, organizational age predicted the structure of women's shelters more powerfully than did ideological differences among shelters; even interactions between ideology and age were unimportant. Thus the findings appear to support organizational theory (e.g., Katz & Kahn, 1978; Miller, 1978) and to contradict assumptions that ideology can importantly influence structural development (e.g., Meyer, 1982; Schechter, 1982). These conclusions, however, should be qualified by the recognition that only women's shelters were studied. Far greater variation in structural development might be revealed by study of a broader range of organizations with more diverse ideologies. |
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