RT Article
T1 A New Model of Christian Leadership: Insights from the Job Demands–Resources Model and Trinitarian Theology
JF Journal of psychology and theology
VO 48
IS 4
SP 276
OP 291
A1 Miner, Maureen
A1 Bickerton, Grant
LA English
PB Sage Publishing
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1741690676
AB Much secular research into leadership examines the traits and behaviors of leaders towards valued organizational goals. Similarly, biblical approaches to Christian leadership examine the traits and activities of biblical figures towards God’s kingdom ends. However, these and relational theories of Christian leadership such as the incarnational approach of servant leadership and the motivational approach of transformational leadership have been criticized. In this article we review research findings based on the Job Demands–Resources model of organizational behavior, in which personal resources of the leader interact with job characteristics in order to increase valued outcomes of work engagement, reduced turnover, and other indicators of healthy functioning. Spiritual resources, such as a secure attachment relationship with God, are examined as a subcategory of personal resources. We consider the results in terms of a trinitarian approach to relational leadership and propose a Trinitarian Resources Model of leadership. We suggest that questions such as “How do I best express my faith in my leadership?” (orthopraxy) can be partly answered in terms of trinitarian theology (orthodoxy) that highlights the relational nature of God, God’s creation of a relational universe, the centrality of kenosis, and the work of the Holy Spirit to embrace and empower humans at work for God’s kingdom ends.
K1 spiritual growth/spiritual well-being/spiritual maturity
K1 psychology of religion
K1 psychology and the church or ministry
K1 industrial/organizational psychology
DO 10.1177/0091647120908010