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Exploring organizational culture and performance of christian churches

W. Brady Boggs (Department of Business Administration, Emmanuel College)
Dail L. Fields (Regent University School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship)

International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior

ISSN: 1093-4537

Article publication date: 1 March 2010

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Abstract

This study explores how dimensions of organizational culture are related to performance in a sample of Christian churches. Alternative models of the relationships of four dimensions of organizational culture with multiple measures of church performance were explored using data provided by staff and pastors describing 53 Christian churches. We identified a model that fit the data very well in which the relative strength of four organizational cultural dimensions are predictors of the levels of seven alternative measures of church performance covering membership growth, constituent satisfaction, staff and constituent learning and development, and internal business processes. Church leaders desiring to improve performance could consider focusing on strengthening the culture dimensions that may be related to each area of church operations.

Citation

Boggs, W.B. and Fields, D.L. (2010), "Exploring organizational culture and performance of christian churches", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 305-334. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-13-03-2010-B001

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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