Clergy role stress and satisfaction: Role ambiguity isn't always bad

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 561-570

  Kemery, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clergy job satisfaction; Clergy role stress; Clergy stress; Role ambiguity; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746498959     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-006-0024-3     Document Type: Article

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