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

[9906714] willer本博士论文改进研究项目的重点是有组织社团中两种不相容结构的共存。当社团以官僚的方式组织起来解决集体行动问题时，它们的实质性目标往往会转向正式的官僚主义目标——这种趋势随着团体规模和复杂性的增加而加剧。有组织的协会存在于“第三部门”，这一术语指的是一系列旨在实现集体目标的宗教、社区和慈善团体。本研究假设，官僚化产生了一些重要的影响，包括异化。官僚化是用有薪工作人员与执行类似任务的业务志愿人员的比率来衡量的。成员疏离感是通过成员的流动率来衡量的，按组织职位细分，并根据人口变化进行控制。数据将从一个国家会员组织（美利坚合众国女童子军）在所有各级都有志愿人员和有薪工作人员结构的地方分会的全部或几乎全部抽样中获得。将根据客户或代理成员身份和组织职位建立一个数据库，构成第三部门研究中有史以来最完整和最一致的数据集之一。

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.