Constructively Managing Program-related Conflict In Local Churches: $hDavid R. Dunaetz
Interpersonal conflict surrounding church programs is a major source of distress for both pastoral staff and lay members of evangelical churches. Such conflict, when destructive, may severely hinder the achievement of program objectives. However, conflict when managed constructively may lead to a mo...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Sage Publications
[2019]
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| En: |
Christian education journal
Año: 2019, Volumen: 16, Número: 2, Páginas: 259-274 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | KDG Iglesia libre NCB Ética individual RB Ministerio eclesiástico RF Catequética |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Church
B Christian Education B Conflict B conflict goals B Conflict Management B Program Evaluation |
| Acceso en línea: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Sumario: | Interpersonal conflict surrounding church programs is a major source of distress for both pastoral staff and lay members of evangelical churches. Such conflict, when destructive, may severely hinder the achievement of program objectives. However, conflict when managed constructively may lead to a more effective program and strengthened relationships. This empirical study seeks to understand the conditions under which program-related conflict in evangelical churches leads to detrimental outcomes and those which lead to constructive outcomes. In a role-playing, survey-based experiment of American church attenders (N = 276), participants' satisfaction with conflict outcome was measured in a scenario with various outcomes concerning their program-related goal (maintaining the starting time of a mid-week children's program) and their social goals (e.g., having a better relationship with the director of the children's program, being affirmed in their Christian identity, and ensuring that decisions are made fairly). The study indicates that, in a conflict concerning a children's program, church attenders who have a salient social goal achieved, but not their program-related goal, will be more satisfied than church attenders who have their program-related goal achieved but not a salient social goal. |
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| ISSN: | 2378-525X |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Christian education journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0739891319842252 |