Spirituality and work engagement among church leaders

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-71

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

^a Wesley Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

clergy; job demands; job resources; spiritual resources; work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928256687     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2014.1003168     Document Type: Article

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