Leadership in Voluntary Organizations: the Controversy Over Social Action in Protestant Churches

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Wood ◽  
Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Protestant Churches

Social Action in American Protestant Churches

1947 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 517-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judson T. Landis
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Protestant Churches

scholarly journals Personality and Conflict Style: Effects on Membership Duration in Voluntary Associations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Robert Dunaetz
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Voluntary Associations ◽  
Voluntary Association ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Conflict Styles ◽  
Big 5 ◽  
Conflict Style ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Big 5 Personality

Voluntary organizations, which differ from other organizations in the way they reward and retain members, can easily suffer setbacks from a loss of membership. Poorly managed conflict is often a source of attrition. This study examined the relationship between personality, conflict styles, and membership duration of people (N = 431) who attend or have attended churches (primarily Protestant churches), the most common form of voluntary association in America. Most of the Big 5 personality traits significantly predicted conflict styles and/or membership duration. Extraversion predicted higher preferences for collaboration and lower preferences for avoidance. Agreeableness predicted higher preferences for collaboration and accommodation, lower preferences for competition, and longer membership durations. Conscientiousness predicted higher preferences for collaboration and lower preferences for avoidance. Neuroticism predicted higher preferences for avoidance and lower preferences for collaboration and competition. Openness predicted shorter membership durations. The relationships between conflict styles and membership duration were less clear.

Social Action

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seumas Miller
Keyword(s):  
Social Action
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