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In an analysis of thirty organizations of various types, the authors examine the relation of varying size of the supportive component to other organizational characteristics such as total size, age, number of operating sites, diversification of activities performed, and type of organizational function. Total organizational size and number of locations appear to be related to size of supportive component but they vary inversely.
Haas et al. (Tue,) studied this question.