Multilevel Transitions Aided by Literary Analysis: An Exploration of the Organizing-Historical Framework in the Gospel of Matthew

December 3, 2025

Multilevel Transitions Aided by Literary Analysis: An Exploration of the Organizing-Historical Framework in the Gospel of Matthew

Dipa Halder Hart | 2021

Abstract

This research explored influence processes and intermediary elements during multilevel transitions to aid traditional organizations to simultaneously transition the leadership and the organization. Although members are not often evaluated in leadership research, the findings of this research suggest members’ responses contribute to multilevel transitions. Specifically, members’ acceptance of new leadership’s authority and willingness to receive their care were found to be influenced by organizational actions that remained clear and intentional, built trust, connected the past and the present, valued their designated future roles, and exhibited a hermeneutic of generosity that did not punish new members who once acted against the leader. The analysis separating the influence processes and the outcome revealed an organization’s activities during transition should exemplify a new leader’s character consistently, strategically be developed to interact with members, and provide abundant opportunity for group reflection and decision making. This was accomplished through multilevel literary analysis on a historical document utilizing literary narrative research, specifically sociorhetorical interpretation’s inner texture methodology on the Gospel of Matthew 11:1–12:45.

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