Randolph L Cantrell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4223400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Randolph L Cantrell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Randolph L |
| FAMILY NAME | Cantrell |
| SIGNATURE | CANTRELL R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
No money exchanged hands, no bartering took place. But it's still local produce”: Understanding local food systems in rural areas in the U.S. Heartland
Marketing rural communities: A qualitative study on the power of community images
What do prospective new residents see when they look at local images on a community website? Are the pictures conveying the meaning that the community wanted? These questions were central to a study of six communities located in the Great Plains of the United States to discover and apply innovative marketing concepts and methods to attract new residents to rural communities and regions. Market image research using a modified business marketing mo…
Parish Autonomy: Measuring Denominational Differences
This study examines the utility of a multidimensional scale of formal authority in assessing the relationship of denominational structure and local church activities. The scale is compared with two typologies of formal polity which are often used in studying religious organizations, and is found to have greater predictive power and more potential to discriminate between denominations than either of the typologies. The analysis includes a discussi…
The External Adaptation of Religious Organizations
In this paper, a structural model of organizational activity is developed to explain both the involvement of local churches with social issues and the formation of linkages between churches and other organizations in the community. The local church is seen as a goal directed organization, purposefully interacting with its environment, and limited in that interaction by both internal and external constraints and contingencies. Congregation size, o…
No money exchanged hands, no bartering took place. But it's still local produce”: Understanding local food systems in rural areas in the U.S. Heartland
Parish Autonomy: Measuring Denominational Differences
This study examines the utility of a multidimensional scale of formal authority in assessing the relationship of denominational structure and local church activities. The scale is compared with two typologies of formal polity which are often used in studying religious organizations, and is found to have greater predictive power and more potential to discriminate between denominations than either of the typologies. The analysis includes a discussi…
Marketing rural communities: A qualitative study on the power of community images
What do prospective new residents see when they look at local images on a community website? Are the pictures conveying the meaning that the community wanted? These questions were central to a study of six communities located in the Great Plains of the United States to discover and apply innovative marketing concepts and methods to attract new residents to rural communities and regions. Market image research using a modified business marketing mo…
The External Adaptation of Religious Organizations
In this paper, a structural model of organizational activity is developed to explain both the involvement of local churches with social issues and the formation of linkages between churches and other organizations in the community. The local church is seen as a goal directed organization, purposefully interacting with its environment, and limited in that interaction by both internal and external constraints and contingencies. Congregation size, o…
Parish Autonomy: Measuring Denominational Differences
This study examines the utility of a multidimensional scale of formal authority in assessing the relationship of denominational structure and local church activities. The scale is compared with two typologies of formal polity which are often used in studying religious organizations, and is found to have greater predictive power and more potential to discriminate between denominations than either of the typologies. The analysis includes a discussi…
Marketing rural communities: A qualitative study on the power of community images
What do prospective new residents see when they look at local images on a community website? Are the pictures conveying the meaning that the community wanted? These questions were central to a study of six communities located in the Great Plains of the United States to discover and apply innovative marketing concepts and methods to attract new residents to rural communities and regions. Market image research using a modified business marketing mo…
No money exchanged hands, no bartering took place. But it's still local produce”: Understanding local food systems in rural areas in the U.S. Heartland
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Adaptation (eye) (1 works) · Agriculture (1 works) · Art history (1 works)