Called and Formed: Personality Dimensions and Leadership Styles among Catholic Deacons and Men in Formation
Through a national survey, Roman Catholic deacons ( n = 1349) and men in spiritual formation for the diaconate, called candidates ( n = 205), completed on-line measures of personality dimensions (i.e., HEXACO-60) and transformational leadership, as well as demographic variables. Results indicated th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Pastoral psychology
Year: 2017, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-237 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church NCF Sexual ethics RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Leadership
B married clergy B Honesty B Humility B Extraversion B Deacons B Leadership styles B Personality Structure B Personality B Catholic deacons B Catholics |
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| Summary: | Through a national survey, Roman Catholic deacons ( n = 1349) and men in spiritual formation for the diaconate, called candidates ( n = 205), completed on-line measures of personality dimensions (i.e., HEXACO-60) and transformational leadership, as well as demographic variables. Results indicated that for both candidates and deacons, personality dimensions of agreeableness and conscientiousness were the most important variables for predicting transformational leadership styles. For deacons only, higher levels of honesty/humility, extraversion, and openness to experience also led to higher transformational leadership styles. Adding demographic variables as co-variates (age, years in a parish, number of children, and number of families in a parish) in the models did not seem to affect the predictive models; however, years in formation (for candidates) and years as a deacon did affect servant leadership style. Implications for the personality and leadership attributes of Catholic 'married clergy' are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-016-0741-1 |