Organizing for Belonging: The Case of a Religious Organization

Eirik Åadland Tappel () and Beate Jelstad Løvaas ()
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Eirik Åadland Tappel: VID Specialized University
Beate Jelstad Løvaas: VID Specialized University

Chapter 18 in The Palgrave Handbook of Emotions and Values in Organizational Institutionalism, 2026, pp 479-506 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter investigates how organizational actors organize for belonging and explains how emotions and values play a role in these institutional processes. Through a qualitative study of a religious organization that has extensive experience in fostering belonging via everyday actions and practices, the chapter illustrates how actions of inquiring, valuing, trusting, empowering, and we-ing play a role in fostering belonging among the volunteers of the religious organization and for the communities in which people live their lives. Further, the chapter also highlights the role of emotions as triggers driving actions toward belonging.

Keywords: Belonging; Organizing; Religious organizations; Volunteering; Emotions; Values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-12670-2_18

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