ISBN:
978-1-78190-692-7
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 439 S. :
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. ed.
Series Statement:
Research in the sociology of organizations 41
Series Statement:
Research in the sociology of organizations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Organisationssoziologie.
;
Religion.
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Organisationssoziologie
;
Religion
Abstract:
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
