Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Public Policy and Administration

Advisor

Gregory Campbell

Abstract

Human service professionals such as clergy have taken part in the connection of community to public policy awareness through their leadership and advocacy especially in the Black community. Research has identified burnout in clergy; however, there is minimal research to offer insight on factors of burnout for African American clergy through exploring whether a relationship existed between burnout and transformational leadership. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to analyze the influencing factors of burnout among African American clergy. Effort–reward imbalance and person–environment fit theories were used as theoretical foundation to support the findings. An electronic survey was distributed to 44 active clergy who were within the Holiness Pentecostal denomination. The Maslach Burnout Inventory measured burnout, and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire measured the attributes of transformational leadership. The data were analyzed utilizing the Pearson’s correlation coefficient to evaluate the hypotheses. The results confirm statistical significance between the burnout scales of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in correlation to some transformational leadership attributes but no significance between the burnout scales of personal accomplishments in correlation to any transformational leadership attributes. The demographics findings of the study indicated that 82.4% of clergy view their role as a liaison to bridge the gap between the community and their knowledge of public policies and or government laws. Positive social change implications of this study include the aid to corrective measures in the resilience, retention, and leadership of clergy.

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