We propose a model of religious organizations which relies on the ability of such organi-zations and personal utility … shocks. We show how religious organizations arise endogenously and characterize their features. Specifically, we find that … beliefs and participation, the relation between the size of the religion and the intensity of its members’ beliefs, religious …

spirituality and religion in modern Western society, with particular emphasis on how this affects organizations. The aims of the …This paper is an introduction to the special issue on “The leading edge in research on spirituality and organizations …

Purpose – This conceptual paper is offered in place of a systematic analysis of militarization in organizations and the …

(disparagingly) as “a cats cradle of autonomous and semi autonomous organizations”. This conflicted with the values of the other …

them but also a benefit for a mission they support. While their motivation may stem from working for their preferred (i ….e., the `right') mission, it may also be the principal's choice of the right mission (i.e., a mission preference match) that … motivates them. We investigate experimentally to what extent these two motivations are driving the effect of a mission on agent …

to organizations, creating either mission matches or mismatches. We overlay performance incentives to test whether they …Economic theory predicts that agents will work harder if they believe in the mission of the organization. Well … real effort experiment with participants who work directly for organizations with clear missions. Weeks before the …