The "Acts" of Paul: micro-processes and new institution creation
How do new institutions get created? And what role do micro-processes play in this creative process? To date, there have been minimal efforts to fully describe and model the process by which the discrete and various micro-level activities of institutional actors contribute to the creation of new ins...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion
[2015]
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Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 186-226 |
| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament NCE Business ethics ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Institutional Theory
B Religion B Christianity B institution creation B Institutional work |
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| Summary: | How do new institutions get created? And what role do micro-processes play in this creative process? To date, there have been minimal efforts to fully describe and model the process by which the discrete and various micro-level activities of institutional actors contribute to the creation of new institutions. Drawing from recent scholarship in institutional work, in this paper, I employ a grounded theory approach to the life and works of Paul of Tarsus as recorded in biblical texts to develop a process model of the creation of a new institution which emphasizes micro-level processes, particularly sensemaking. The model centers on two simultaneous and iterative processes by which Paul crafts a message for his various audiences and reinforces these teachings with behavioral, relational, and doctrinal structures. The emergence of an institution is conceived as the long-term accretion of many discrete institutional acts. |
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| ISSN: | 1942-258X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2014.965784 |