Orientation to the demands of ministry : Construct validity and relationship with burnout

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-479

  Miner, Maureen ^a   Sterland, Sam ^b   Dowson, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b National Church Life Survey Research

^c Australian College of Ministries   (Australia)

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