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Job characteristics, work-nonwork interference and coping strategies among ministers of religion / Anna Sophia van der WesthuizenVan der Westhuizen, Anna Sophia January 2014 (has links)
Ministers have a very unique occupation with designated job demands and incongruous
resources at their disposal. Over the past few years numerous studies have been undertaken
different occupations’ regarding job demands and job resources. In contrast, limited studies were
done among ministers of religion, particularly in the context of the three Reformed sister
churches in South Africa. This is the case even though these ministers play such a key role in the
current social and religious sphere. Results from previous studies have shown that job demands
and the lack of resources have a major impact on the experience of work-nonwork interference
among individuals (Koekemoer & Mostert, 2006; Mostert, 2009, Mostert & Oosthuizen, 2006;
Tshabalala, 2007; Van Aarde & Mostert, 2008).This trend, however, has not been researched
amongst ministers before – particularly how ministers cope with this interference.
The overall objective of the present study was to investigate job demands and job resources as
significant predictors of work-nonwork interference for ministers of the three sister churches.
The focus also was on coping strategies that are significant in dealing with work-nonwork
interference. The possible moderation brought about by these coping strategies was also
investigated. Various hypotheses related to the overall objective were tested in the empirical
study. The design used for this study was a cross-sectional survey design undertaken among
ministers of the three sister churches mentioned. Various job demands, job resources, worknonwork
interference and coping strategies were measured. This was done by employing the
instruments of Peeters, Montgomery, Bakker and Schaufeli, (2005); Buys and Rothmann (2009);
Koekemoer, Mostert and Rothman, 2010; Geurts et al. (2005) and Carver, Scheier and
Weintraub (1989). Construct validity of all the instruments were proven with the CFA (Confirmatory Factor
Analysis) in the SPSS program. Descriptive statistics, cronbach alpha coefficients, Pearson and
Spearman product-moment correlations and multiple regression analyses were used to analyse
the data. Moderation regression analyses were also done to test for possible moderation of
specific coping strategies.
Results indicated that cognitive demands were related to the dimension of work-parent
interference. Emotional demands and pace and amount of work had a relation with all the various
dimensions of the work-nonwork interference. Congregational support related work-home
interference as well as work-religion/spirituality interference. Financial support, lack of
autonomy, as well as social support, related to all three dimensions of work-nonwork
interference. Job significance related work-religion/spirituality interference, whereas job
accomplishment predicted work-home interference and work-religion/spirituality interference.
The results of the predictors on work-parent interference included the following: cognitive
demands, pace and amount of work, financial support and turning-to-religion. Work-home
interference was predicted by the variables pace and amount of work and financial support.
Work-religion/spirituality interference were predicted by pace and amount of work, job
significance and turning to religion.
The various coping strategies (turning-to-religion, seeking-emotional-support, active coping,
acceptance coping, planning and avoidance coping) functioned as moderators between certain
specific job demands, job resources and dimensions of work-nonwork interference.
Limitations of the study were discussed and recommendations were put forward for future
studies on this topic. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Job characteristics, work-nonwork interference and coping strategies among ministers of religion / Anna Sophia van der WesthuizenVan der Westhuizen, Anna Sophia January 2014 (has links)
Ministers have a very unique occupation with designated job demands and incongruous
resources at their disposal. Over the past few years numerous studies have been undertaken
different occupations’ regarding job demands and job resources. In contrast, limited studies were
done among ministers of religion, particularly in the context of the three Reformed sister
churches in South Africa. This is the case even though these ministers play such a key role in the
current social and religious sphere. Results from previous studies have shown that job demands
and the lack of resources have a major impact on the experience of work-nonwork interference
among individuals (Koekemoer & Mostert, 2006; Mostert, 2009, Mostert & Oosthuizen, 2006;
Tshabalala, 2007; Van Aarde & Mostert, 2008).This trend, however, has not been researched
amongst ministers before – particularly how ministers cope with this interference.
The overall objective of the present study was to investigate job demands and job resources as
significant predictors of work-nonwork interference for ministers of the three sister churches.
The focus also was on coping strategies that are significant in dealing with work-nonwork
interference. The possible moderation brought about by these coping strategies was also
investigated. Various hypotheses related to the overall objective were tested in the empirical
study. The design used for this study was a cross-sectional survey design undertaken among
ministers of the three sister churches mentioned. Various job demands, job resources, worknonwork
interference and coping strategies were measured. This was done by employing the
instruments of Peeters, Montgomery, Bakker and Schaufeli, (2005); Buys and Rothmann (2009);
Koekemoer, Mostert and Rothman, 2010; Geurts et al. (2005) and Carver, Scheier and
Weintraub (1989). Construct validity of all the instruments were proven with the CFA (Confirmatory Factor
Analysis) in the SPSS program. Descriptive statistics, cronbach alpha coefficients, Pearson and
Spearman product-moment correlations and multiple regression analyses were used to analyse
the data. Moderation regression analyses were also done to test for possible moderation of
specific coping strategies.
Results indicated that cognitive demands were related to the dimension of work-parent
interference. Emotional demands and pace and amount of work had a relation with all the various
dimensions of the work-nonwork interference. Congregational support related work-home
interference as well as work-religion/spirituality interference. Financial support, lack of
autonomy, as well as social support, related to all three dimensions of work-nonwork
interference. Job significance related work-religion/spirituality interference, whereas job
accomplishment predicted work-home interference and work-religion/spirituality interference.
The results of the predictors on work-parent interference included the following: cognitive
demands, pace and amount of work, financial support and turning-to-religion. Work-home
interference was predicted by the variables pace and amount of work and financial support.
Work-religion/spirituality interference were predicted by pace and amount of work, job
significance and turning to religion.
The various coping strategies (turning-to-religion, seeking-emotional-support, active coping,
acceptance coping, planning and avoidance coping) functioned as moderators between certain
specific job demands, job resources and dimensions of work-nonwork interference.
Limitations of the study were discussed and recommendations were put forward for future
studies on this topic. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Perspective vol. 22 no. 6 (Dec 1988)Pitt, Clifford C., Veenkamp, Carol-Ann, Frederick, G. Marcille, Van Ginkel, Aileen, VanderVennen, Robert E. 31 December 1988 (has links)
No description available.
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Perspective vol. 22 no. 6 (Dec 1988) / Perspective (Institute for Christian Studies)Pitt, Clifford C., Veenkamp, Carol-Ann, Frederick, G. Marcille, Van Ginkel, Aileen, VanderVennen, Robert E. 26 March 2013 (has links)
No description available.
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Protestants et protestantisme dans le Sud aquitain (1802 - 1905). Espaces, réseaux et pouvoirs / Protestants and protestantism in South Aquitaine (1802 - 1905). Spaces, networks and powersLanusse-Cazalé, Hélène 28 November 2012 (has links)
À partir de l’exemple du Sud de l’Aquitaine, véritable condensé des sensibilités protestantes de l’Europe du XIXe siècle, une analyse multi-scalaire permet d’appréhender les processus de réintégration et d’affirmation du protestantisme qui, au terme d’un siècle de persécutions et de clandestinité, devient une confession reconnue. De la promulgation des Articles organiques du 18 germinal an X à la Séparation des Églises et de l’État, l’étude du pluralisme protestant permet de définir de nouveaux espaces ainsi que de nouvelles et multiples formes de structuration institutionnelle. L’existence de lignes de partage externes, visibles au travers des modalités de coexistence, et internes, par les points de tension inhérents à cette pluralité, révèle, quant à elle, les différents traits d’une identité protestante qui ne se conçoit que dans la diversité. Au-delà de ses divergences, cette minorité active fait preuve d’une vision collective et spatiale : par la création d’un territoire concurrent de l’Église catholique, par sa reconstruction institutionnelle, par ses réseaux, par ses engagements politiques, par la relecture de son histoire, elle se forge une identité originale et prétend jouer un rôle moteur dans la société de son temps. / Using as example the South of Aquitaine, a veritable concentration of protestant school of thought in Europe in the 19th century, a multi-scalar analysis throws light on the processes of reintegration and affirmation of Protestantism which, after a century of persecution and clandestinity, became a recognized religious faith. From the promulgation of the Organic Articles of 18th Germinal Year X to the Separation of the Churches and State, the study of Protestant Pluralism enables new areas to be defined as well as new and multiple forms of institutional structuration. The existence of external divisions visible through methods of coexistence, and internal ones seen in the points of friction inherent to this plurality, reveals the different characteristics of protestant identity that could only be imagined in a context of diversity. This active minority affirmed, beyond its differences, a collective and spatial vision through the creation of a territory in competition with the Catholic Church, through its institutional reconstruction, through its networks, through its political commitments, through the rethinking of its history, it created an original identity and expected to be a driving force in the society of its time.
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Prophetic theology in the Kairos tradition : a pentecostal and reformed perspective in black liberation theology in South AfricaMorris, Allen William 31 October 2019 (has links)
This study focused on the ‘silence of the prophets’ in the post-apartheid era. It
sought to understand why the prophets, who spoke out so vehemently against
the injustices of apartheid, did not speak out against the injustices of the
government after 1994 even when it became blatantly apparent that corruption
was beginning to unfold on various levels, especially with the introduction of the
so-called Arms Deal. Accordingly, the study singles out Drs Allan Boesak and
Frank Chikane who were among the fiercest opponents of the apartheid regime
before 1994.
The study traced the impact of the ideological forces that influenced Boesak and
Chikane’s ideological thinking from the early Slave Religion, Black Theology in
the USA and Liberation Theology in Latin America. Black Theology and Black
Consciousness first made their appearance in South Africa in the 1970s, with
Boesak and Chikane, among others, as early advocates of these movements.
In 1983, Boesak and Chikane took part in the launch of the United Democratic
Front (UDF) in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. This movement became the voice of
the voiceless in an era when the members of the African National Congress
(ANC) and Pan African Congress (PAC) had been sent into exile. It also signalled
a more inclusive and reconciliatory shift in Boesak and Chikane’s Ideological
thinking. Whereas Black Consciousness sought to exclude white people from
participating in the struggle for liberation, the UDF united all under one banner
without consideration for colour, race, religion or creed. After the advent of liberation in South Africa in 1994, it became increasingly
obvious that corruption was infiltrating many levels of the new government. But
the prophets were silent. Why were they silent?
The study presents an analysis of the possible reasons for this silence based on
interviews with Boesak and Chikane as role players and draws conclusions
based on their writings both before and after 1994. Overall, the study concluded
that they were silent because they had become part of the new political structures
that had taken over power.
To sum up, the study demonstrates the irony of prophetic oscillation and
concludes that no prophet is a prophet for all times. Thus, as a new democracy
unfolds in South Africa, the situation demands new prophets with a new
message. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / D. Phil. (Theology)
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