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

Arnold, Robert,

Career missionary retention in S.I.M. /by Robert Arnold. - 1992. - vi, 81 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Typescript. 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 Chapter 2. Precedent Research Chapter 3. Research Methodology Chapter 4. Findings of Research Chapter 5. Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix List of Tables

Introduction -- Ministry Context -- Definition of Research Subjects -- Career missionaries -- Field missionaries -- Restriction to one decade -- Research Questions -- Potential Limitations -- Importance of the Study. Attrition Studies in Six Missions -- Literature Proposing Solutions to Attrition. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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).




Sudan Interior Mission.
Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions.--Ministry Perspective Project.


Missionaries, Resignation of.

TC425 / .C374 1992 TC425