INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY INFLUENCE STRUCTURE: A Replication and Extension.

This study examines the continuity of organizational and leader networks and community elite structure by replicating a study carried out 12 years earlier. Continuity of structure in the organizational bases of influence, in the leaders identified as influentials, and in the organizational and leader networks in the community is looked for. It is concluded that there is continuity in the bases and structure of influence and that the ability to exercise influence is related to access to organizational resources. A contrast of organization and leader networks suggests a shift from narrow organizational interests to business class interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]