An Empirical Assessment of Perrow's Technology Construct

Beverly P. Lynch Current investigations on the influence of technology upon other organizational variables have remained exploratory because there is disagreement over the boundaries of the construct and there is a dearth of valid and reliable measures of technology. This study develops a measure of technology that could be used for comparative purposes. It also develops a seven-item scale that provides a valid and reliable measure of Perrow's technology construct. The scale discriminates among the technologies of 1 5 functional departments in three academic libraries.