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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: The information-seeking behavior of pastoral clergy: A study of the interaction of their work worlds and work roles Abstract: In this thesis the investigator asks whether the information-seeking behaviour of pastoral clergy is governed by the interaction of their work worlds and work roles. It was proposed that the pastor operates in a closed system when world and role are significantly dependent upon each other and in an open system of information-seeking when world and role are less dependent upon each other. The thesis is grounded in the sense-making theory of information seeking developed by Dervin and colleagues (1986), and in a combining of social network theory and role theory (as suggested by Allen and Vliert (1984) and Hirsch and Jolly (1984)). This study employs a survey methodology in two parts: (1) a mailed questionnaire with a large stratified random sample of pastoral clergy from six religious groups (n = 378); and (2) structured interviews with 20 practising clergy and qualitative techniques to analyze the content. |
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