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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453792503321

Titolo

Religion and organization theory / / edited by Paul Tracey, Nelson Phillips, Michael Lounsbury ; Brad Almond [and twenty four others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78190-693-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, , 0733-558X ; ; Volume 41

Disciplina

302.35

Soggetti

Organization - Religious aspects

Religious institutions

Religion in the workplace

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; RELIGION AND ORGANIZATION THEORY; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ADVISORY BOARD; PART I: INTRODUCTION; TAKING RELIGION SERIOUSLY IN THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS; BARRIERS TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN OMT; FRAMING THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN OMT; THE ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; NOTE; REFERENCES; GOD ON MANAGEMENT: THE WORLD'S LARGEST RELIGIONS, THE ""THEOLOGICAL TURN,"" AND ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE; INTRODUCTION; FROM MAX WEBER TO THE "THEOLOGICAL TURN"; METHOD; ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

NOTEACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; PART II: STUDYING RELIGION AND ORGANIZATION AT THE MICRO-LEVEL; RELIGION IN ORGANIZATIONS: COGNITION AND BEHAVIOR; MAPPING THE TERRAIN - RELIGION AND ITS NEAR RELATIONS; THEORIES OF RELIGION'S INFLUENCE ON INDIVIDUALS: A COMMON CORE; RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, COGNITION, AND BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES ON RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, SCHEMAS, AND SCRIPTS; FUTURE RESEARCH ON



ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES UPON RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION; RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES ON BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS; CONCLUSION; NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES

MYTHS TO WORK BY: REDEMPTIVE SELF-NARRATIVES AND GENERATIVE AGENCY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGEGENERATIVITY AND THE REDEMPTIVE SELF; RESEARCH CONTEXT AND METHODS; CASE STUDY: THE RETIRED BISHOP; CASE STUDY 2: CONFESSIONS OF A RADICAL INDUSTRIALIST; DISCUSSION; CODA: THE CLAY FROM WHICH WE MODEL; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART III: RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS AND PRACTICES; ORGANIZATIONAL FORM, STRUCTURE, AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES IN RELIGION; RELIGION AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS AND STRUCTURES; THE UNIQUENESS OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS?

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONSCONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; PASTOR PRACTICES IN THE ERA OF MEGACHURCHES: NEW ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES AND FORMS FOR A CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; WHAT IS A MEGACHURCH?; GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES OF MEGACHURCHES; SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION; INSTITUTIONAL WORK OF MEGACHURCH PASTORS: CREATING AND MAINTAINING CONNECTIONS; THE PRODUCTION OF TEXTS AS AN INSTITUTIONAL MAINTENANCE PROCESS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; PART IV: RELIGION AND INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; DIVINE INSTITUTION: MAX WEBER'S VALUE SPHERES AND INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

WEBER'S RELIGIOUS SOCIOLOGY OF VALUE SPHERESLOVE AND INSTITUTION; POLITICAL LOVE; THE EROS OF VALUE; GOD, LOVE, AND VALUE RATIONALITY: WEBER'S SIGNPOSTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; PRODUCTIVE RESISTANCE: A STUDY OF CHANGE, EMOTIONS, AND IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE APOSTOLIC VISITATION OF U.S. WOMEN RELIGIOUS, 2008-2012; INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL RESISTANCE AND CHANGE; METHODS; THE APOSTOLIC VISITATION AND RESISTANCE; ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: THE "DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT" OF LCWR

APPENDIX B: LIST OF USEFUL WEBSITES

Sommario/riassunto

Both history and current events attest to the continued significance of religion in society. Despite the role and importance of the institution of religion, and the profound influence that religious organizations continue to exert, it occupies a curiously marginal place in organization theory. At the same time, organization theory has been criticized for its narrow focus on corporations and there have been calls to study a much broader range of organizational forms (e.g., Bamberger and Pratt, 2010). Interestingly, the small number of studies on religious organizations to have published have ha