Structural Inconsitency and Vocation-Related Tension
Role encumbents possess varying degrees of freedom with which to negotiate among differing role demands. It was hypothesized that, to the extent that the structural facilities of clear priorities and social support were features of the role set, vocation-related tension would be reduced. Data were g...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1974
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Review of religious research
Year: 1974, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-40 |
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| Summary: | Role encumbents possess varying degrees of freedom with which to negotiate among differing role demands. It was hypothesized that, to the extent that the structural facilities of clear priorities and social support were features of the role set, vocation-related tension would be reduced. Data were gathered in a community of nuns faced with the problem of integrating the expectations of role senders in religious and professional social systems. In that the services in which nuns have traditionally engaged have become highly secularized, there is considerable divergence between the religious and the apostolic aspects of vocation in the contemporary world, giving rise to competing demands and loyalties. Moderately significant differences were found among those who had clearly allocated priorities and those who had failed to allocate priorities. Social support was also found to be a moderately significant variable. Further research into priorities of role set may be fruitful for organizational research. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3510195 |