Women Empowering Women to Eliminate the Clergy Gender Gap

This exploratory study of 122 female Episcopal priests addresses the effectiveness of three types of grassroots mentoring and empowerment sessions in order to reduce women's underrepresentation in senor leadership positions. Two questionnaires administered prior to participation and about 2 mon...

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Publié dans:Review of religious research
Auteur principal: Nesbitt, Paula D. 1948- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer [2019]
Dans: Review of religious research
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B The Episcopal Church / Pasteure / Dirigeante / Empowerment / Mentorin
RelBib Classification:KBQ Amérique du Nord
KDE Église anglicane
RB Ministère ecclésiastique
Sujets non-standardisés:B Women
B Leadership
B Episcopal
B gender gap
B Clergy
B Inequality
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:This exploratory study of 122 female Episcopal priests addresses the effectiveness of three types of grassroots mentoring and empowerment sessions in order to reduce women's underrepresentation in senor leadership positions. Two questionnaires administered prior to participation and about 2 months after the session(s) ended showed increased vocational clarity in discerning a call or not to senior leadership, greater confidence in ability to succeed, and upward job mobility. Women focused on executive leadership meeting together periodically over a longer duration showed the strongest effects. The results suggest that a supply-side or trickle-up approach can improve attainment among women participating in such groups, and support the need for further comparative and longitudinal research on the prospect of organizational change.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contient:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-018-0357-2