Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Social Organization of Altruism and the Procurement of Human Organs

该项目研究器官捐献率的变化，并将其与捐献银行周围的组织结构和文化氛围的差异联系起来。 将使用时间序列和其他技术分析各种定量数据，并辅以器官捐赠广告和新闻报道的定性历史数据。 这项研究对于社会学对组织的理解非常重要，因为捐助银行由专业员工和志愿者员工以及其结构中的非营利和情感焦点组成，是一种不同寻常的组合。 这项工作也可能具有政策影响，因为它可以确定与更成功地吸引捐助者相关的结构特征和文化形式。

This project studies variations in organ dontion rates and links them to differences in organizational structures and cultural climates surrounding the donor banks. A variety of quantitative data will be analyzed using time-series and other techniques, supplemented by qualitative historical data on advertising and news accounts of organ donations. The research is important to sociological understanding of organizations, for donor banks constitute an unusual combination of professional and volunteer employees, and non-profit and emotional foci in their structures. The work may have policy implications as well, for it may identify structural characteristics and cultural forms associated with more successful appeal for donors.