Religion and Organization Theory

452 Pages·2014·3.105 MB·English

by  Paul Tracey

RELIGION AND ORGANIZATION
THEORY
RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY
OF ORGANIZATIONS
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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS
VOLUME 41
RELIGION AND
ORGANIZATION
THEORY
EDITED BY
PAUL TRACEY
University of Cambridge, UK
NELSON PHILLIPS
Imperial College Business School, UK
MICHAEL LOUNSBURY
University of Alberta, Canada
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
ADVISORY BOARD xi
PART I: INTRODUCTION
TAKING RELIGION SERIOUSLY IN THE STUDY OF
ORGANIZATIONS
Paul Tracey, Nelson Phillips and Michael Lounsbury 3
GOD ON MANAGEMENT: THE WORLD’S
LARGEST RELIGIONS, THE “THEOLOGICAL
TURN,” AND ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE
Bruno Dyck 23
PART II: STUDYING RELIGION AND
ORGANIZATION AT THE MICRO-LEVEL
RELIGION IN ORGANIZATIONS: COGNITION AND
BEHAVIOR
Gary R. Weaver and Jason M. Stansbury 65
MYTHS TO WORK BY: REDEMPTIVE
SELF-NARRATIVES AND GENERATIVE
AGENCY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
W. E. Douglas Creed, Rich DeJordy and Jaco Lok 111
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vi CONTENTS
PART III: RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL
FORMS AND PRACTICES
ORGANIZATIONAL FORM, STRUCTURE,
AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
C. R. Hinings and Mia Raynard 159
PASTOR PRACTICES IN THE ERA OF
MEGACHURCHES: NEW ORGANIZATIONAL
PRACTICES AND FORMS FOR A CHANGING
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Marvin Washington,Harry J. Van Buren III and 187
Karen Patterson
PART IV: RELIGION AND INSTITUTIONALTHEORY
DIVINE INSTITUTION: MAX WEBER’S VALUE
SPHERES AND INSTITUTIONAL THEORY
Roger Friedland 217
PRODUCTIVE RESISTANCE: A STUDY OF CHANGE,
EMOTIONS, AND IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE APOSTOLIC VISITATION OF U.S. WOMEN
RELIGIOUS, 2008(cid:1)2012
Simona Giorgi, Margaret E. Guider and 259
Jean M. Bartunek
SERVING TWO MASTERS: TRANSFORMATIVE
RESOLUTIONS TO INSTITUTIONAL
CONTRADICTIONS
Rich DeJordy, Brad Almond, 301
Richard Nielsen and W. E. Douglas Creed
THE INSTITUTIONAL COMPLEXITY OF RELIGIOUS
MUTUAL FUNDS: APPRECIATING THE
UNIQUENESS OF SOCIETAL LOGICS
Jared L. Peifer 339
Contents vii
PART V: RELIGION AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE AND THE CHURCH:
BUILDING ADAPTABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Paolo Parigi 371
ORGANIZING BELIEF: INTERFAITH
SOCIAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
RELIGIOUS-ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
Dina Biscotti and Nicole Woolsey Biggart 413

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Brad Almond Department of Management and
Marketing, Texas A&M University (cid:1)
Central Texas, Killen, TX, USA
Jean M. Bartunek Carroll School of Management, Boston
College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Nicole Woolsey Biggart GraduateSchoolofManagement,
UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,CA,USA
Dina Biscotti Department of Sociology,University of
California, Davis, CA, USA
W. E. Douglas Creed College of Business Administration,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston,
RI, USA
Rich DeJordy D’Amore-McKimSchoolofBusiness,
NortheasternUniversity,Boston,MA,
USA
Bruno Dyck I.H. Asper School of Business,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
MB, Canada
Roger Friedland Department of Accounting and
Management Control, HEC, Paris;
Department of Media, Culture and
Communication, New York University,
New York, NY, USA
Simona Giorgi Carroll School of Management, Boston
College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Margaret E. Guider School of Theology and Ministry,
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA,
USA
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