Professionals in Bureaucracies

Abstract

The objective of this study was to cxaminc the effects of employment in chain organizations on community pharmacists' perceived autonomy and job satisfaction. It was hypothesized that larger organizations were more bureaucratic and that pharmacists employed in them would have less autonomy and job satisfaction. Data from 202 community pharmacists were analyzed using the LISREL VI program for analysis of structural equation models. Results indicated that pharmacists employed in larger organizations perceived themselves to have less autonomy and job satisfaction, and that these negative perceptions may have been a result of the more bureaucratic structures of the chain organizations.