Career missionary retention in S.I.M. /by Robert Arnold.

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Contents:
Ministry Context -- Definition of Research Subjects -- Career missionaries -- Field missionaries -- Restriction to one decade -- Research Questions -- Potential Limitations -- Importance of the Study.
Literature Proposing Solutions to Attrition.
Consultation with Personnel Directors -- Identification of the Study's Universe -- Review of Personnel Records -- Selection of the Study's Sample -- Validity of the Sample -- The Anonymous Survey Mailing and Response -- Interviews with SIM Personnel Administrators.
Family-related Factors in the Survey -- Work-related Facotrs in the Survey -- The work itself -- The co-workers -- The stress of cross-cultural work -- Redirection Factors in the Survey -- Active redirection -- Passive redirection -- Relative Importance of Survey Factors -- Analysis of Personnel Records -- Comparison of Factors form Personnel Records with Factors from Survey Responses.
Addressing M.K. Educational Needs -- Value of MK education -- Recommendations for mission action -- Enabling Mission Work -- Meaningful work -- Compatible leaders -- Manageable stress -- Recent helpful initiatives -- Recommendations for mission action.
Survey Cover Letter -- Number of Factors Cited by Survey Respondents -- Frequency of Citation and Importance of Each Survey Factor -- Frequency and Importance of Each Factor from Personnel Records.
Degree of Commonality between Members of Universe and Survey Sample -- Survey Response Rate by Home Country -- Health-related Factors -- Family-related Factors -- Work-related Factors: the Work Itself -- Work-related Factors: Co-workers -- Work-related Factors: Stress -- Redirection Factors: Opportunities -- Redirection Factors: Hindrances -- Relative Importance of Survey Factor Categories -- Factors from the Personnel Records -- Comparison of Factors by Source -- Number of Factors Cited by Survey Respondents (Appendix C) -- Frequency of Citation and Importance of each Survey Factor (Appendix D) -- Frequency and Importance of each Factor from Personnel Records (Appendix E).
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Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1992.

Bibliography: leaves 78-81.

Chapter 1. The Missionary Retention Problem

Introduction -- Ministry Context -- Definition of Research Subjects -- Career missionaries -- Field missionaries -- Restriction to one decade -- Research Questions -- Potential Limitations -- Importance of the Study.

Chapter 2. Precedent Research

Attrition Studies in Six Missions -- Literature Proposing Solutions to Attrition.

Chapter 3. Research Methodology

Overall Research Strategy -- Consultation with Personnel Directors -- Identification of the Study's Universe -- Review of Personnel Records -- Selection of the Study's Sample -- Validity of the Sample -- The Anonymous Survey Mailing and Response -- Interviews with SIM Personnel Administrators.

Chapter 4. Findings of Research

Health-related Factors in the Survey -- Family-related Factors in the Survey -- Work-related Facotrs in the Survey -- The work itself -- The co-workers -- The stress of cross-cultural work -- Redirection Factors in the Survey -- Active redirection -- Passive redirection -- Relative Importance of Survey Factors -- Analysis of Personnel Records -- Comparison of Factors form Personnel Records with Factors from Survey Responses.

Chapter 5. Conclusions and Recommendations

Relative Elasticity of Attrition Factors -- Addressing M.K. Educational Needs -- Value of MK education -- Recommendations for mission action -- Enabling Mission Work -- Meaningful work -- Compatible leaders -- Manageable stress -- Recent helpful initiatives -- Recommendations for mission action.

Appendix

Anonymous Survey -- Survey Cover Letter -- Number of Factors Cited by Survey Respondents -- Frequency of Citation and Importance of Each Survey Factor -- Frequency and Importance of Each Factor from Personnel Records.

List of Tables

Characteristics of "Universe" and of "Sample" Compared -- Degree of Commonality between Members of Universe and Survey Sample -- Survey Response Rate by Home Country -- Health-related Factors -- Family-related Factors -- Work-related Factors: the Work Itself -- Work-related Factors: Co-workers -- Work-related Factors: Stress -- Redirection Factors: Opportunities -- Redirection Factors: Hindrances -- Relative Importance of Survey Factor Categories -- Factors from the Personnel Records -- Comparison of Factors by Source -- Number of Factors Cited by Survey Respondents (Appendix C) -- Frequency of Citation and Importance of each Survey Factor (Appendix D) -- Frequency and Importance of each Factor from Personnel Records (Appendix E).

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