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Variables The Data Archive now contains data from twenty-four studies carried out within the comparative organisational research programme initiated at the University of Aston in 1961. Summary details of each study are listed below, including dates, location and type of organisations investigated. There are six categories of data available from the databank and they are coded on the table as follows: 01 data on organisational structure and context collected by means of the original and complete Aston schedule, as reported by Pugh et al. (ASQ, June 1968), Pugh et al. (ASQ, March 1969) and Hickson et al. (ASQ, September 1969)-relevant references are available from the Archive. 02 data of organisational structure and context collected by means of a shortened version of the above schedule, as reported in Inkson et al. (ASQ, September 1970). 03 data giving total scores on each of the twenty Business Organisational Climate Index (BOCI) scales as defined by Payne and Pheysey (OBHP, January 1971). 04 data giving individual scores for each of the 160 items in the BOCI questionnaire. 05 data on managerial attitudes, behaviour and roles collected by means of the 'The Executive in the Organisation' questionnaire as described in Child and Ellis (HR, 1973), Ellis and Child (JMS, October 1973). 06 data collected by means of adaptations of the above instruments; also data additional to the above, including in some studies organisational performance data (marked 06P - but these are not, as yet, available from the Data Archive). These data are not directly comparable to those in any other study. The Aston Databank has been established under the supervision of Professor John Child, supported by a special grant from the ESRC. Mrs Ruth Goodkin and Mrs Pat Clark of the University of Aston Management Centre Research Unit have checked each study back to its raw data and recoded these where necessary into a standard format. A detailed manual for users of the databank has also been prepared, and this is available for consultation at the Archive. The University of Aston will continue to enter new data when available and as time permits. It is believed that the Aston Databank comprises the largest standardised set of comparative organisational data anywhere in the world, available for scholars for secondary analysis or as a point of comparison for future studies. Contact the Archive for further information. Interested users are recommended by the depositors to consult the books in the Aston Series (all published by Gower Press): The Aston Programme I: Pugh, D.S. and Hickson, D.J., <i>Organizational Structure in its Context</i>, (1976) The Aston Programme II: Pugh, D.S. and Hinings, C.R., <i>Organizational Structure</i>, (1976) The Aston Programme III: Pugh, D.S. and Payne, R.L., <i>Organizational Behaviour in its Context</i>, (1977) The Aston Programme IV: Hickson, D.J. and McMillan, C.J., <i>Organization and Nation</i>, (1981) Aston Data Bank List of studies included up to end of 1976 Study code number: 01 Date of research: 1962 - 3 Location: Birmingham Type of organisation: Manufacturing, business services, public services Researchers: Pugh, Hickson, et al Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02 Study code number: 02 Date of research: 1967 - 8 Location: Birmingham Type of organisation: Manufacturing, business services, public services Researchers: Hickson, Inkson Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 02, 05, 06 Study code number: 03 Date of research: 1967 - 9 Location: Great Britain Type of organisation: Manufacturing, business services Researcher: Child Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02, 05, 06P Study code number: 04 Date of research: 1966 - 7 Location: Coventry Type of organisation: Engineering, manufacturing Researcher: Lee Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02 Study code number: 06 Date of research: 1968 Location: Ohio, USA Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researcher: Schwitter Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 02, 05 Study code number: 07 Date of research: 1967 - 8 Location: Birmingham Type of organisation: General and mental hospitals Researcher: Tauber Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02 Study code number: 08 Date of research: 1967 - 9 Location: Birmingham Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researchers: Pheysey, Payne Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02 Study code number: 09 Date of research: 1969 - 70 Location: Great Britain Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researchers: Payne, Mansfield Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 02, 03, 04 Study code number: 10 Date of research: 1969 - 70 Location: Alberta and British Columbia Type of organisation: Colleges and Technical Institutes Researcher: Holdaway Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 06 Study code number: 11 Date of research: 1969 - 70 Location: Alberta Type of organisation: Community Colleges Researcher: Heron Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 06 Study code number: 12 Date of research: 1971 Location: Britain Type of organisation: Business service manufacturing Researchers: Pugh, Loveridge Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 02, 06 Study code number: 13 Date of research: 1970 - 1 Location: NE Ohio, USA Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researcher: Reimann Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 02 Study code number: 14 Date of research: 1970 - 1 Location: London Type of organisation: Occupational interest associations Researcher: Donaldson Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 06 Study code number: 15 Date of research: 1970 - 2 Location: West Germany Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researcher: Kieser Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02, 05, 06P Study code number: 16 Date of research: 1971 - 2 Location: Britain Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researcher: Pheysey Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 02, 03 Study code number: 17 Date of research: 1972 Location: Britain Type of organisation: Local authority departments Researchers: Hinings Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 03, 04 Study code number: 18 Date of research: 1972 - 3 Location: Japan Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researchers: McMillan Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02 Study code number: 19 Date of research: 1970 - 1 Location: Midlands, UK Type of organisation: Hospitals Researcher: Glueck Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 02 Study code number: 20 Date of research: 1972 Location: Britain Type of organisation: Churches Researcher: Hinings Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02 Study code number: 23 Date of research: 1972 Location: Sweden Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researcher: McMillan Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02 Study code number: 24 Date of research: 1971 Location: Britain Type of organisation: Manufacturing Researcher: McMillan Code number of schedules, questionnaire: 01, 02

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