%0 Journal Article %T The cost of "not being heard" and clergy retention %A Joynt %A S. %J Journal of Power and Energy Engineering 电力与能源 %D 2019 %R 10.18820/23099089/actat.v39i1.6 %K Workplace engagement %K Employee engagement %K Clergy %K Grounded theory 1 This article was presented in draft form as a conference paper at the annual meeting of the Society for Practical Theology in South Africa held from 17-19 January 2018 in Pretoria %K Gauteng %K South Africa. Both the conference paper and subsequent article focus on one of the core categories of the author's PhD dissertation %K namely (not) being heard. 2 An EBSCOhost search conducted on the 2nd of May 2019 using the keywords clergy + "being heard" delivered only nine results %K of which none were academic in nature and only two were remotely relevant to the topic. The following databases were accessed: Academic Search Complete %K Africa-Wide Information %K Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials %K Audiobook Collection (EBSCOhost) %K eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) %K E-Journals %K ERIC %K Family & Society Studies Worldwide %K Humanities Source %K Library & Information Science Source %K MasterFILE Premier %K New Testament Abstracts %K Newspaper Source %K Old Testament Abstracts %K Philosopher's Index %K PsycARTICLES %K PsycINFO %K Social Work Abstracts %K Teacher Reference Center %K TOC Premier. The lack of research in the area of workplace engagement and church leaders is noted by Miner %K Bickerton %K Dowson & Sterland (2015:58). %U http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1015-87582019000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en