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- Title
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MINISTERIAL EFFECTIVENESS.
- Authors
PULS, TIMOTHY R.; LUDDEN, LAVERNE L.; FREEMYER, JAMES
- Abstract
Sometimes bright, well-intentioned pastors fail at building effective, credible, transparent, and trusting social relationships with the laity they lead. Pastoral training programs do not always formally address development of critical parish and team leadership skills that enhance the shared working relationships of pastors and congregational leaders. this study examined the authentic leadership of clergy and discovered significant relationships of predictability as well as positive correlations with ministerial effectiveness. A survey of 58 experienced ordained pastors of the Indiana District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and 164 of their lay leaders was conducted. the pastors and lay leaders completed the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) by Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner, Wernsing, and Peterson (2008) and the Ministerial Effectiveness Inventory (MEI) developed by Majovski (1982). Results indicate that there is a significant relationship between authentic leadership and ministerial effectiveness. Leaders should be encouraged by this research to practice authentic leadership because it should increase how their effectiveness is perceived by followers.
- Subjects
RELIGIOUS leadership; RELIGIOUS life of clergy; LAITY
- Publication
Journal of Applied Christian Leadership, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1933-3978
- Publication type
Article