The Social Development of the Synanon Cult: The Managerial Strategy of Organizational Transformation
This paper reviews the developmental history of Synanon Foundation Inc. from its inception in 1958 as an Alcoholics Anonymous alternative through its three transformations into a therapeutic community, an alternative society, and finally into a religion. The growth of the organization in terms of po...
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1980
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1980, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 109-127 |
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