BUREAUCRATIC AND ELECTORAL CONTROL IN OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST ASSOCIATIONS.

This paper reports an extension of the Aston studies of organizational structure to the field of occupational interest associations. The sample consisted of six trade unions and one professional association. The structural consequences of the democratic institutions of occupational interest associations were examined and a high degree of electoral control over full-time officials was found to be associated with lower levels of the standardization of procedures, and this was related to the theories of Max Weber. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]