LibGuides: LDR3012/3 Guidelines for Leadership: Theses & Dissertations

Theses & Dissertations

Exploring leadership in the middle: an application of Schon's Reflective Conversation—a decision mmaking process for Assemblies of God World Missions Area Directors / by James A. Sabella The middle leader functions as both follower and leader, having a responsibility both upward and downward in the organization. In these capacities the middle leader becomes a critical link between the vision, goals and mission of the organization and the day-to-day carrying out of the vision, goals and mission. This dissertation focuses on those who lead in the middle: specifically, the Area Director in the Assemblies of God World Missions.
Transformational ministry : leadership, church growth, and the senior pastors impact on church effectiveness / by David D. Rumley This research sought a statistically relevant linear correlation between the leadership style of the senior pastor and the effectiveness of the church. The author concludes that the leadership of the senior pastor does related to the effectiveness of the church as defined by the eight markers of the Natural Church Development.

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DART-Europe eTheses Portal Access to 828,730 open access research theses from 619 Universities in 28 European countries.
EBSCO Open Dissertations OpenDissertations is an open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. Created with the generous support of the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, it incorporates EBSCO’s previously released American Doctoral Dissertations, and features additional dissertation metadata contributed by select colleges and universities from around the world. Providing researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present, this database will continue to grow through regular updates and new partnerships with graduate degree-granting institutions.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) An international organization that promotes the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations Resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. Currently indexes over 3 million theses and dissertations.
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Search Terms/Keywords

Using LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) to search for resources will, more often than not, yield the most relevant results. Below are some LCSH you can use to search for topics in your Project and/or CRA. Be sure to choose the SUBJECT search field from the drop-down list (in Adanced Search) or include the search terms in quotation marks in the Basic Search box. Enter the SUBJECT search terms exactly as you see them.

You can also search by "keyword" in the All Text or Optional fields.

Suggested search terms:

LCSH	Keyword
CHRISTIAN leadership	servant leadership
LEADERS	price of leadership
LEADERSHIP--Religious aspects--Christianity	church as an organism
LEADERSHIP in the Bible	church as an organization
TRANSFORMATIONAL leadership	ministry evaluation
TIME management	leadership styles
MENTORS	leadership principles
MENTORING	leader recruitment
MENTORING in Christian education	leader retention
COMMUNICATION in management	conflict resolution
TEAMS in the workplace
MOSES (Biblical leader)
DECISION making
CONFLICT management
PROBLEM solving
CHURCH management