Date of Award
Spring 5-7-2011
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Public Management and Policy
First Advisor
Dennis R Young
Second Advisor
Janet L. Johnson
Third Advisor
Gordon Kingsley
Fourth Advisor
Harvey K Newman
Fifth Advisor
John C Thomas
Abstract
Previous research in organizational theory, labor market economics, and nonprofit studies are applied to churches and their clergy leadership in advancing a theory of clergy executive compensation. The data for this study come from the end of year reports from approximately 800 local churches of the North Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for the years 2007-2008 and a survey administered in order to glean the personal characteristics of the clergy. The investigation employs a clergy compensation framework and finds that clergy salaries are influenced in part by personal characteristics, human capital, organizational elements, labor market factors, and clergy performance. The results regarding the role of credentialing in stratified labor markets have implications for policy. The present research adds to the nonprofit executive compensation literature by suggesting that denominational churches are analogous to nonprofit franchises and by empirically testing for "dual agency", labor market stratification, and managerial scope.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/2369167
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Nicholas L B, "Towards a theory of Clergy Executive Compensation." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/2369167