Family Influence on Commitment to the Priesthood: A Study of Altar Boys
This paper examines a cohort of altar boys and attempts to determine structural factors that distinguish between those likely to become priests and those not likely to do so. Rather than pursuing a traditional framework, which analyzes organizational commitment in terms of social experiences encount...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1973
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1973, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 265-280 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines a cohort of altar boys and attempts to determine structural factors that distinguish between those likely to become priests and those not likely to do so. Rather than pursuing a traditional framework, which analyzes organizational commitment in terms of social experiences encountered within an organizational role, a developmental approach is utilized. This perspective focuses on processes by which individuals are selected and socialized to the priesthood prior to actually entering the organization. The data indicate that uniformity of family support is a key structural factor in distinguishing the committed group from the undecided and uncommitted. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709730 |