
Religion and Organization Theory.
Title:
Religion and Organization Theory.
Author:
Tracey, Paul.
ISBN:
9781781906934
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (452 pages)
Series:
Research in the Sociology of Organizations ; v.41
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Contents:
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 -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- 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 CHANGE -- GENERATIVITY 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 ORGANIZATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 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 SPHERES -- LOVE 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 -- SERVING TWO MASTERS: TRANSFORMATIVE RESOLUTIONS TO INSTITUTIONAL CONTRADICTIONS -- INSTITUTIONS, LOGICS, AND CONTRADICTION -- THE RELIGIOUS RESEARCH UNIVERSITY -- A STYLIZED HISTORY OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY -- DISCUSSION -- CLOSING -- REFERENCES -- THE INSTITUTIONAL COMPLEXITY OF RELIGIOUS MUTUAL FUNDS: APPRECIATING THE UNIQUENESS OF SOCIETAL LOGICS -- INSTITUTIONAL COMPLEXITY AND SOCIETAL LOGICS -- CASE STUDY -- METHODS -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: GENERIC INTERVIEW SCRIPT FOR RELIGIOUS FUND PRODUCER -- PART V: RELIGION AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS -- THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND THE CHURCH: BUILDING ADAPTABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
PROMOTING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE FROM THE CENTER OF A FIELD -- PART I: PREMODERN SAINTHOOD: A SEGMENTED MODEL -- MIRACLE-MAKERS AS NONCONTENTIOUS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS -- ROME'S PERSPECTIVE ON RELIGIOUS FERMENT IN SOUTHERN EUROPE -- PART II: DATA -- METHODS -- THE MOBILIZING POWER OF MIRACLES -- LOCAL MOBILIZATION -- MODERN SAINTHOOD -- DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ORGANIZING BELIEF: INTERFAITH SOCIAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE RELIGIOUS-ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- NETWORKED INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS: CLUB ECOFAITH AND ECOFAITH FEDERATION -- METHODS -- THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: REFRAMING THE MUNDANE, THE POLITICAL, OR THE "PAGAN" AS SACRED AND THEREFORE LEGITIMATE -- SACRED ACTS OF LEGITIMATION -- SUBSTANTIVE AND INSTRUMENTAL RATIONALITY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.
Abstract:
Despite the profound influence that religious organizations exert, religion occupies a curiously marginal place in organization theory. This volume aims to make available in one place existing knowledge on religion and organizations, encouraging more organization theorists to include religion as part of their research activities and agenda.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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