The Size of Voluntary Organizations
The Size of Voluntary Organizations
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志愿组织的规模
DOI：
10.1093/sf/61.4.1044
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发表时间：
1983
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Miller Mc Pherson
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作者：
Miller Mc Pherson
虽然组织规模一直是一个重要的社会学变量，但人们对志愿组织的规模知之甚少。本研究分析了志愿组织代表性样本中规模的决定因素和相关因素；以前对组织规模的研究是基于非代表性的样本。我们测试了关于组织规模决定因素的几个基本假设，并探索了一些有趣的规模相关关系。我们发现，组织规模随着系统规模和地方外隶属关系的增加而增加，并有证据表明，与经济机构密切相关的组织规模更大。我们表明，大型组织的成员更稳定，更集中在组织间网络中。我们讨论了我们的研究结果对志愿组织文献的影响。
While organization size has always been an important sociological variable, very little is known about the sizes of voluntary organizations. This study analyzes the determinants and correlates of size in a representative sample of voluntary organizations; previous studies of organization size were based on nonrepresentative samples. We test several basic hypotheses about the determinants of organization size, and explore some interesting correlates of size. We find strong support for the propositions that size of organization increases with system size and with extra-local affiliation, and evidence that organizations linked closely to the economic institution are larger. We show that large organizations are more stable in membership, and more centrally located in interorganization networks. We discuss the implications of our findings for the literature on voluntary organizations.