The External Adaptation of Religious Organizations
In this paper, a structural model of organizational activity is developed to explain both the involvement of local churches with social issues and the formation of linkages between churches and other organizations in the community. The local church is seen as a goal directed organization, purposeful...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1980
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1980, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 351-364 |
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| Summary: | In this paper, a structural model of organizational activity is developed to explain both the involvement of local churches with social issues and the formation of linkages between churches and other organizations in the community. The local church is seen as a goal directed organization, purposefully interacting with its environment, and limited in that interaction by both internal and external constraints and contingencies. Congregation size, organizational differentiation, community size and leadership stability are found to be important variables affecting the activities of 131 congregations from seven denominations in rural Minnesota. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709889 |