TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1972//
TI  - Personal Commitment and Organizational Constraint: Church Officials and Racial Integration
JO  - Sociology of religion
A1  - Wood, James R.
SP  - 142
EP  - 151
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper interprets the Civil Rights movement's penetration of denominational organizations in the light of organizational theory. This penetration, evidenced by denominational documents and the testimony of denominational officials, was effected through persons whose personal commitment insulated them from pressures to adopt the organizational maintenance point of view. Personal commitment was unlikely to become organizational policy, however, unless the structure of the denomination provided insulation from environmental forces.<p /> 
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SN  - 1069-4404
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3710284
ID  - ref1
ER  -