The cost of "not being heard" and clergy retention

DOI: 10.18820/23099089/actat.v39i1.6

Keywords: Workplace engagement, Employee engagement, Clergy, 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, Gauteng, South Africa. Both the conference paper and subsequent article focus on one of the core categories of the author's PhD dissertation, 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, of which none were academic in nature and only two were remotely relevant to the topic. The following databases were accessed: Academic Search Complete, Africa-Wide Information, Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials, Audiobook Collection (EBSCOhost), eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), E-Journals, ERIC, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, Humanities Source, Library & Information Science Source, MasterFILE Premier, New Testament Abstracts, Newspaper Source, Old Testament Abstracts, Philosopher's Index, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Social Work Abstracts, Teacher Reference Center, TOC Premier. The lack of research in the area of workplace engagement and church leaders is noted by Miner, Bickerton, Dowson & Sterland (2015:58).

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