Societal complexity or production techniques: another look at udy's data on the structure of work organizations

The effects of production techniques on the organizational structure of work will be greater than the effects of societal complexity (848).

The effects of production techniques were greater for rational elements and worker ownership but equal for bureaucratic elements.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Partially supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Organizational Structure Of Work	Dependent	Labor Supply And Employment, Wages And Salaries, Labor Relations, Labor Organization
Production Techniques	Independent	Fishing, Hunting And Trapping, Pastoral Activities, Tillage
Societal Complexity	Independent	Classes, Mnemonic Devices, Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Norr, James L.	1977	Controlling for societal complexity, production techniques will be associated with rational elements and worker ownership in the organizational structure of work (848).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Norr, James L.	1977	Controlling for societal complexity, production techniques will be negatively associated with bureaucratic elements in the organizational structure of work (848).	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.	1959	Type of work is related to complexity in task structure, combined effort, and variability of work loads (23-26)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1972	"[There is] a marked tendency for mean population density to increase in direct proportion to the complexity of the prevailing techniques of food acquisition or production" (275-276)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Osmond, Marie W.	1965	"Monogamy is significantly related to a greater degree of societal complexity than is polygyny. . . . The organizational pattern most characteristic of polygynous societies can be noted as relatively intermediate in complexity rather than very simple" (15)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author