Factors Influencing the Developmental Pace of Religious Communities
A comparative study was made of three religious communities of women, all founded in the United States within ten years of each other, and all having most of their members engaged in teaching. The three communities were designated according to their predominant orientation as rule-oriented, task-ori...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1966
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1966, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 157-169 |
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| Summary: | A comparative study was made of three religious communities of women, all founded in the United States within ten years of each other, and all having most of their members engaged in teaching. The three communities were designated according to their predominant orientation as rule-oriented, task-oriented and profession-oriented. Examination of channels of decision-making and opinion gathering techniques lent support to the hypothesis that differences in the original orientations of the three communities tended to result in differences of organizational structure and communication. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710389 |