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Communal Viability and Employment of Non-Member Labor: Testing Hypotheses with Historical Data

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A well developed body of theory associates the employment of non-member labor by collective organisations with their eventual dissolution. Manuscript and published data on hiring of outside laborers by nineteenth century American religious communes allows for tests of two propositions taken from this literature: that employment of non-members increased over time and that such employment was responsible for the communes' eventual demise. The first was upheld but no evidence was found to support the second. In fact, employment of non-members was found instead to be associated with communal prosperity, in economic, religious, and survival terms.

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  • John Murray, 2000. "Communal Viability and Employment of Non-Member Labor: Testing Hypotheses with Historical Data," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(1), pages 1-16.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsocec:v:58:y:2000:i:1:p:1-16
    DOI: 10.1080/003467600363084
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