A Comparative Analysis of the Perceived Bureaucracy in a Turkish State University

Organizational structure of the Turkish state universities is a form of bureaucracy, a high efficient system in rational and formal control. According to the dimensional approach bureaucracy can occur in an organization in a degree, as some bureaucracy characteristics can be stronger than others. In addition, the units of an organization due to their different specific characteristic properties can perceive the bureaucracy differently. In the study, Hall-s Organizational Inventory, which was developed for evaluating the degree of bureaucratization from the dimensional perspective, is used to find out if there is a difference in the perception of the bureaucracy between the academicians working in three different departments and two faculties in the same university.

Authors:

• Ahmet C. Kutlu
• Seçkin Polat

Keywords:

• Degree of bureaucratization
• Hall's Organizational Inventory
• perceived bureaucracy.

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