The Impact of Structural Differences on the Catholic Clergy

Gannon, Thomas M.

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“…L'activité du prêtre se décline donc sur un double registre, chacun créant ses conflits et interdépendances spécifiques : un registre généraliste relativement standardisé et un registre de spécialiste. Ce dernier provient à la fois de convictions personnelles au fondement d'un engagement spécifique mais également de la segmentation d'une église en offres religieuses différentes afin d'intégrer des identités catholiques différentes (Béraud, 2006 ;Charles, 1986 ;Gannon, 1979aGannon, , 1979bHervieu-Léger, 2003 ;Villemin et Caillot, 2001). C'est le registre spécialisé qui ouvre la possibilité de la collégialité bottom up entre prêtres.…”

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Deux définitions de la collégialité et leur articulation: le cas d’un diocèse catholique

Lazega

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2010

Sociologie du Travail

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Cet article identifie, en arrière-plan des conflits observés entre managers et professionals, deux définitions de la collégialité, l'une comme forme organisationnelle propre (bottom up), l'autre comme procédé de gestion bureaucratique (top down). Il propose un examen exploratoire des modalités d'articulation des deux définitions en s'appuyant sur une étude de réseaux de prêtres dans un diocèse catholique franc¸ais. Il interroge enfin les effets d'une rationalisation organisationnelle trop étroite dans laquelle la collégialité n'est utilisée que comme procédé de gestion bureaucratique top down. Cette dernière prend toujours le risque de stériliser le travail des experts en ignorant le premier type de collégialité, celle qui est fondée sur la nature des tâches non routinières conjointement accomplies par les membres grâce à une structuration organisationnelle endogène de type bottom up.

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Deux définitions de la collégialité et leur articulation: le cas d’un diocèse catholique

Lazega

Wattebled

2010

Sociologie du Travail

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“…Unlike diocesan seminarians, candidates for religious clergy have a longer period of formation before becoming ordained priests. The differences between these two distinct forms of preparation for the priesthood are significant in psychological and sociological research conducted in this social group and concern the importance of environmental and cognitive factors, personality traits, values and religious orientation (Gannon, 1979; Sunardi, 2015).…”

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“…Religious priests work usually within the limits of their local provinces under the jurisdiction of its higher superiors (provincials). Research has shown (Gannon, 1979) that this dual, internal, structure of catholic priesthood has consequences for the formation of the seminarians with regard to different kinds of work satisfactions as priests, personal relations, sense of fulfilment, religious beliefs, priestly identity and commitment stability.…”

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The quality of life, meaning in life, positive orientation to life and gratitude of Catholic seminarians in Poland: A comparative analysis

Prusak

Kwapis

Pilecka

et al. 2021

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The aim of the article is to examine differences in the quality of life (the psychophysical, psychosocial, personal, and metaphysical spheres) as well as gratitude, meaning in life and positive orientation to life between diocesan and religious seminarians and secular students. The influence of religiosity on quality of life and subjective well-being is the subject of numerous studies, but seminarians (i.e. people preparing to be priests) have rarely been included in them. The present research was carried out for the first time with a group of diocesan and religious seminarians in Poland and secular students. The study involved 296 participants—98 diocesan seminarians, 96 religious seminarians and 102 secular students in the control group. Results showed significant differences in the quality of life. Religious and diocesan seminarians scored higher than the control group members in the psychophysical, personal, psychosocial and metaphysical spheres. In addition, in terms of gratitude, and the presence of meaning in life, religious and diocesan seminarians achieved higher scores than the control group but lower scores in searching for the meaning in life. There were no significant differences between diocesan and religious seminarians except that only diocesan seminarians obtained significantly higher scores on positive orientation to life than the control group. Overall, results support the idea that seminarians have higher quality of life and subjective well-being than secular students. Research implications are discussed.

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Networks and Commons: Bureaucracy, Collegiality and Organizational Morphogenesis in the Struggles to Shape Collective Responsibility in New Sharing Institutions

Lazega

2017

Social Morphogenesis

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The Impact of Structural Differences on the Catholic Clergy

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Deux définitions de la collégialité et leur articulation: le cas d’un diocèse catholique

Deux définitions de la collégialité et leur articulation: le cas d’un diocèse catholique

The quality of life, meaning in life, positive orientation to life and gratitude of Catholic seminarians in Poland: A comparative analysis

Networks and Commons: Bureaucracy, Collegiality and Organizational Morphogenesis in the Struggles to Shape Collective Responsibility in New Sharing Institutions

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