Papers by Kevin D Dougherty
De Gruyter eBooks, Jul 24, 2023
Review of Religious Research, Mar 1, 2020
Proceedings - Academy of Management, 2014
We examine the influences of servant leadership from two context, workplace and a place of worshi... more We examine the influences of servant leadership from two context, workplace and a place of worship, on employees’ two forms of deviance: entrepreneurial behavior and negative deviance. Regulatory focus theory is proposed as offering an explanation for the influence of servant leadership. The promotion focus mindset of an employee is argued to be the mechanism by which a servant leader influences entrepreneurial behavior, whereas the prevention focus mindset of an employee is argued to be the mechanism by which a servant leader deter negative deviance. Moreover, in post-hoc analysis, personal piety is proposed as a moderator of the relationship of servant leadership to regulatory focus. Using the data collected in two waves from 1022 working adults, we tested the proposed mediation relationships, and mediated moderation with moderated mediation bootstrap procedures. The findings support the hypothesized relationships and point toward important implications for servant leadership both in workplace and place...
Review of Religious Research, Jun 1, 2010
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Mar 1, 2002
Journal of management, spirituality & religion, Aug 1, 2021
Managers and ministers exercise influence over their members inside and outside of their organiza... more Managers and ministers exercise influence over their members inside and outside of their organizations. We examine the relationship of servant leadership from two contexts, an individual's workplace and place of worship, with regulatory foci, and, in turn, entrepreneurial behavior and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) at work. Moreover, we contend that spiritual discipline (i.e., prayer and reading sacred texts) moderates the relationship of servant leadership to regulatory focus by altering the salience of each leader's behavior. Using data collected in two waves from 912 working adults, we test the proposed relationships with multi-group structural equation modeling. Findings largely support the hypotheses and point toward important implications for servant leadership in both workplace and place of worship settings.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2018
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014
We examine the influences of servant leadership from two context, workplace and a place of worshi... more We examine the influences of servant leadership from two context, workplace and a place of worship, on employees’ two forms of deviance: entrepreneurial behavior and negative deviance. Regulatory focus theory is proposed as offering an explanation for the influence of servant leadership. The promotion focus mindset of an employee is argued to be the mechanism by which a servant leader influences entrepreneurial behavior, whereas the prevention focus mindset of an employee is argued to be the mechanism by which a servant leader deter negative deviance. Moreover, in post-hoc analysis, personal piety is proposed as a moderator of the relationship of servant leadership to regulatory focus. Using the data collected in two waves from 1022 working adults, we tested the proposed mediation relationships, and mediated moderation with moderated mediation bootstrap procedures. The findings support the hypothesized relationships and point toward important implications for servant leadership both in workplace and place...
International Journal of Christianity & Education, May 17, 2022
While interviewing seniors at our university, we came across a curious and disturbing trend. Stud... more While interviewing seniors at our university, we came across a curious and disturbing trend. Students of color were less active in any local church. This finding pushed us to ask: does this gap exist throughout Christian college campuses? We answered this question using survey data from over 800 seniors at Baylor University and a national sample of over 6000 students from 34 Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) institutions. As suspected, many students of color on these campuses attend church less often than their white classmates, despite similarities in beliefs. We suggest some possible reasons for this gap.
International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2022
While interviewing seniors at our university, we came across a curious and disturbing trend. Stud... more While interviewing seniors at our university, we came across a curious and disturbing trend. Students of color were less active in any local church. This finding pushed us to ask: does this gap exist throughout Christian college campuses? We answered this question using survey data from over 800 seniors at Baylor University and a national sample of over 6000 students from 34 Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) institutions. As suspected, many students of color on these campuses attend church less often than their white classmates, despite similarities in beliefs. We suggest some possible reasons for this gap.
Sociology of Religion, 2014
ABSTRACT Research in the sociology of work has long considered the importance of individual worke... more ABSTRACT Research in the sociology of work has long considered the importance of individual worker values but has not considered one of the central sources of those values: the congregation. In this study we examine this understudied relationship and propose greater theoretical specification on religious capital. We argue that religious capital, like social capital, may have bridging characteristics. We introduce the concept of workplace-bridging religious capital and describe its cultivation within congregations. Using data from a survey of 1,000 fulltime workers, we test the relationship of workplace-bridging religious capital (measured with a 15-item Congregational Faith at Work Scale, CFWS) to workplace commitment, job satisfaction, and entrepreneurial behavior. While CFWS alone is not significantly related to workplace commitment or job satisfaction, the interaction of CFWS and church attendance is significant for all three workplace outcomes. Thus, the influence of congregational beliefs on work attitudes and practices is contingent upon an individual’s level of involvement in the congregation. This study builds on the growing body of literature that identifies religious influences in non-religious domains of everyday life.
Social Forces, 2021
Alarge body of research documents the difficulty congregations have in creating and sustaining ra... more Alarge body of research documents the difficulty congregations have in creating and sustaining racially diverse memberships. However, little scholarship explores the overlapping consequences of racial change in congregations and neighborhoods over time. Since the number of all-white neighborhoods has fallen sharply in recent decades, we ask in this study: what are the consequences of racial change in congregations and neighborhoods on congregational attendance? We employ longitudinal data from over 20,000 United Methodist congregations between 1990 and 2010 paired with census tract data for the same time period. We use growth curve models to test three hypotheses derived from Organizational Ecology Theory. While Methodist churches have decreasing attendance, we find that racial diversity inside a church is associated with higher average attendance by year and across years. Outside a church, percent white in the neighborhood positively predicts attendance, at least in the short term....
Review of Religious Research
The growth of suburban and exurban areas pushed many Americans into commuter lifestyles. People d... more The growth of suburban and exurban areas pushed many Americans into commuter lifestyles. People drive automobiles to work, to shop, to play, and presumably to worship. Yet, recent decades have birthed a countermovement that pulls people back to urban centers and an emphasis on local environments, i.e. to “go local.” Recognizing these centrifugal and centripetal forces, this study seeks to answer two interrelated questions: Are Americans traveling further to a place of worship than in the past? And, does the proximity of a person’s place of worship impact religious participation and neighborhood commitment? We use data from the 2017 Baylor Religion Survey to test three hypotheses. Our findings indicate that Americans lived further from their place of worship in 2017 than they did in 2001 or 2009. The benefits of worshipping local are mixed. People who belong to a congregation in their neighborhood attend more frequently, but they do not report feeling closer to their neighbors or more satisfied with the neighborhood. Rather, attending religious service, regardless of location, is associated with higher neighborhood commitment.
Sociology of religion, 2015
This study examines the extent to which the racial composition of a congregation moderates explan... more This study examines the extent to which the racial composition of a congregation moderates explanations for Black/White inequality among White, Black, and Hispanic congregants. Using nationally representative data from General Social Surveys and National Congregations Studies, we find that religiously affiliated Blacks and Hispanics tend to hold different racial attitudes than religiously affiliated Whites, but these differences largely disappear inside multiracial congregations. Importantly, we find that attending a multiracial congregation is unassociated with Whites' explanations for racial inequality, and Blacks who attend multiracial congregations are actually less likely to affirm structural explanations for Black/White inequality than Blacks in nonmultiracial congregations or Whites in multiracial congregations. We find little evidence that multiracial congregations promote progressive racial views among attendees of any race or ethnicity. Rather, our findings suggest tha...
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2015
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, 2016
This chapter provides an overview of research on the relationship between religion and work, occu... more This chapter provides an overview of research on the relationship between religion and work, occupations, and entrepreneurship. It begins with a review of Max Weber’s well-known Protestant Work Ethic thesis and problematizes it using extant research from sociology, psychology, and business. The relationship of religion to workplace outcomes is complex, neither always positive nor always negative. We highlight various dimensions of religion and their implications from job satisfaction to work-life balance strategies. We review growing scholarship on the role of religious stratification in the workplace as well. We introduce new research examining the impact of religion on entrepreneurship and close with suggestions for future research.
Review of Religious Research
Surveying key informants is a common methodology in congregational research. While practical and ... more Surveying key informants is a common methodology in congregational research. While practical and cost-effective, there are limitations in the ability of a single informant to speak for an entire organization. This paper explores potential limitations empirically. Using the 1993 American Congregational Giving Study, we compare demographic descriptions provided by pastors to demographic information taken from random samples of members in the same congregations. Significant differences in congregational profiles appear along dimensions of gender, age, race/ethnicity and, most notably, education and income. The amount of discrepancy between pastor and member profiles varies by congregational factors such as denominational affiliation and employment status of pastor. We construct diversity measures using both pastor descriptions and surveys from samples of congregation members to demonstrate the impact of data type on conclusions drawn from empirical research. Difficulties notwithstandin...
Teaching Sociology, 2014
Classes of hundreds pose special challenges for teaching and learning. Notable among these challe... more Classes of hundreds pose special challenges for teaching and learning. Notable among these challenges is the tendency for students to feel like anonymous spectators rather than active, collaborative participants. To combat this tendency, we used the popular social networking site Facebook to cultivate a sense of community among 200-plus students in an Introduction to Sociology course. The Facebook Group proved a powerful tool for community-building and learning. We describe our Facebook Group, present evidence of its benefits in the course, and discuss the pedagogical potential of social media.
Sociological Inquiry, 2010
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