Leading & Following Volunteers: Implications for a Changing Society - Jone L. Pearce

This 1982 article in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science is very interesting. Among other things, it removes us from the "carrot and stick" context of paid employment. This is particularly important to consider since the majority of leaders and followers in church contexts are volunteers. But this study isn't much help. The study examines performance variability, comparative influence, comparative dependence. They conclude these dependence factors especially have significant implications for contemporary organizational life. While employees will enjoy their increasing independence, leaders will find this same independence very demanding. They also argue volunteers and increasing independence will make societal life less predictable - without the controls of employment, consistency suffers.

Yeah, tell me something I don't know.