Doctoral Dissertation Research: Iron Cages, Iron Laws, and Collection Action: An Analysis of a National Association

博士论文研究：铁笼、铁律和征收行动：对全国协会的分析

基本信息

批准号：
9906714
负责人：
David Willer
金额：
$ 0.69万
依托单位：
University of South Carolina at Columbia
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
1999
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1999-09-01 至 2001-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9906714&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Iron Cages

项目摘要

9906714WillerThis Doctoral Dissertation Improvement research project focuses on the coexistence of two incompatible structures in organized associations. As associations organize bureaucratically to resolve collective action problems, their substantive goals are subject to shift toward formal bureaucratic goals-a tendency, which intensifies as the group increases in size and complexity. Organized associations are found in the "third sector," a term referring to an array of religious, community, and philanthropic groups oriented toward the achievement of collective goals. This study hypothesizes that bureaucratization produces a number of important effects, including alienation. Bureaucratization is measured as a ratio of paid staff to operational volunteers performing comparable tasks. Member alienation is measured by the rate of turnover for members, broken down by organizational position, and controlled for demographic changes.Data will be obtained from a total or nearly total sample of local chapters of a national membership organization (Girl Scouts of the United States of America) having both volunteer and paid staff structures at all levels. A database will be constructed, broken down according to client or agent member status and by organizational position, constituting one of the most complete and consistent datasets ever to be compiled in third sector research.

9906714Willerththis博士学位论文改进研究项目的重点是有组织的协会中两个不兼容结构的共存。随着协会组织官僚主义以解决集体行动问题，其实质目标可能会朝着正式的官僚目标转向A趋势，随着小组的规模和复杂性的增加，这种目标会加剧。有组织的协会在“第三部门”中找到，这个术语是指针对实现集体目标的一系列宗教，社区和慈善团体。这项研究假设官僚化会产生许多重要的影响，包括疏远。官僚化的衡量是有薪员工与执行可比任务的运营志愿者的比率。会员疏远是通过成员的周转率，按组织职位分解的，并控制人口变化。数据将从拥有志愿者和各级付费员工结构的国家会员组织（美国女童军）的当地章节的总或几乎总数。将根据客户或代理成员状态和组织职位构建数据库，分解，这构成了有史以来最完整，最一致的数据集之一，该数据集是在第三部门研究中汇编的。