Organizational identification: a case study of the Davis County Cooperative Society, the Latter Day Church of Christ, or Kingston Order

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Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Humanities
Department Communication
Author Osmond, Amy Kathlyn
Title Organizational identification: a case study of the Davis County Cooperative Society, the Latter Day Church of Christ, or Kingston Order
Date 2010-08
Description In this dissertation, I address the concept of organizational identification in the Davis County Cooperative Society, or Kingston Order. Carefully crafted organizational rhetoric and powerful compliance structures to solidify the organizational messages produce a remarkably high degree of organizational identification among its members. After examining the historical and rhetorical influences that have led to the creation of the Kingston organization, I describe three major ideological platforms that guide the organization's policies and procedures: consecration/communal living, polygamy, and intermarriage (Chapter 2). I discuss three key terms that are instrumental to understanding organizational identification (OI) in the Kingston polygamous organization: rhetoric, organization, and religion (Chapter 3).
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Burke; Identification; Organization; Organizational identification; Polygamy; Weber; Mormon Fundamentalism
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name PhD
Language eng
Rights Management ©Amy Kathlyn Osmond
Format Medium application/pdf
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Source original in Marriott Library Special Collections ; BX2.5 2010 .O75
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Setname ir_etd
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qf97b9