Organizational members' levels of perceived innovativeness represent an insider's viewpoint of the organization's overall approach to innovation. This study tested a model of the impact of formalization, r...
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Organizational members' levels of perceived innovativeness represent an insider's viewpoint of the organization's overall approach to innovation. This study tested a model of the impact of formalization, role ambiguity, role conflict and communication quality on perceived organizational innovativeness in the Cancer Information Service. Data were gathered from self-report questionnaires completed by organizational members (n = 86) within the Cancer Information Service, a geographically dispersed federal government health information program that was implementing innovative intervention strategies related to disseminating health information to the public. Results indicated that although the predicted model provided a good overall fit to the data there were some problematic paths. A revised model is offered to reconceptualize the relationships among role conflict, role ambiguity, and communication quality. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for managers and scholars who hope to understand the factors that contribute to perceptions of innovativeness in the new organizational forms emerging in the health service arena. These data suggest that formalization makes an important contribution to innovation in the highly uncertain world of new organizational forms.
Editorial. Comments that electronic media has influenced the business of publishers. Prediction of the collapse of the commercial scientific publishing enterprise; Distinction of peer reviewed journals from electronic...
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Editorial. Comments that electronic media has influenced the business of publishers. Prediction of the collapse of the commercial scientific publishing enterprise; Distinction of peer reviewed journals from electronic print servers; Protection of the financial interests of publishers.
A history of the Organization of Teratology Information Services (OTIS) is presented in context of the history of teratology information services. During the late 1970s, teratology information services grew out of the...
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A history of the Organization of Teratology Information Services (OTIS) is presented in context of the history of teratology information services. During the late 1970s, teratology information services grew out of the need for current and accurate information about fetal effects of environmental exposures in pregnancy. Over the next decade, teratology information services networked and collaborated, developing their own professional organization. A description of the activities of OTIS is described. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
In October 1987, the Centers for Disease Control mounted a massive public information campaign to alert the US public to the dangers of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and to provide information about its t...
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In October 1987, the Centers for Disease Control mounted a massive public information campaign to alert the US public to the dangers of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and to provide information about its transmission and prevention. Data from 2 Gallup surveys - one just before the campaign began and the other several months after its conclusion - are used to examine changes in public information and misinformation about transmission. It is concluded that, although some changes in knowledge did take place, these were essentially a continuation of trends beginning before the public information campaign and continuing well after its conclusion. For these and other reasons, it is argued that the effects of the campaign on public information were minimal.
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