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Leaders' Attitudes and Computer Use in Religious
Abstract
This study explores the attitudes of leaders of religious
congregations toward computers. We uncover attitudes toward
information (and thus toward computers) that are different from
those reported for leaders in other organizational contexts. In
short, clergy felt that systematically collecting and storing
information and trying to serve as many people as possible could
distract them from what is distinctive about their jobs—that the job
in a religious congregation is accomplished through personal rather
than transactional relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Journal
(1999)
vol9
no4
pages399
Categories
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Nonprofit Service Sectors
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Faith/Religious Communities
