TY  - GEN
AU  - Arnold,Robert
TI  - Career missionary retention in S.I.M. /by Robert Arnold
AV  - TC425 .C374 1992
PY  - 1992///
KW  - Sudan Interior Mission
KW  - Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions
KW  - Ministry Perspective Project
KW  - Missionaries, Resignation of
N1  - 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); 2
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