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Delimitations Delimitations in this study are present to help control the scope of the thesis. The study was limited to the Tāmaki-makau-rau/Auckland region, covering the geographical area from approximately Orewa in the north to Papakura in the south. The purpose of this was to lessen the number of variables that may have been introduced with a wider participant base. The delimitation of one year of teaching in the Aotearoa/New Zealand context was also given to further eliminate variables and to ensure that as far as possible participants were able to comment on their local context of responsibility. Secondly, the focus groups were conducted with 16, or approximately 22% of the possible population of volunteer teachers. This sample size was deemed appropriate to the qualitative, theory-building methodology of this study, but it is not intended to represent the views of the entire CES volunteer teacher population in Tāmaki-makau-rau/Auckland. Thus triangulation methods were used to increase reliability. Chapter Summary This chapter has given a history of servant leadership literature, addressing in particular current issues raised in the literature: i.e. problems of definition, issues of paradox and stereotyping, Greenleaf’s lack of empirical grounding, variations in characteristics in and across cultures were also addressed. In light of the Literature Review, the problem, research question, aims and significance of the study were also put forth. Chapter IV will present the methodological processes of the thesis. 41
Chapter IV: Methodology The objective of this chapter is to make transparent the methodology used throughout the research cycle. The chapter begins with a discussion of the research design. I will then detail the knowledge paradigm within which this study lives. I discuss reasons for choosing the qualitative structure of the project, followed by a breakdown of how data analysis took place, and explore how the chosen methodology is appropriate to the overall design of the project. Research design The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore relationships of service through the concept of nurturing the human spirit in organisational contexts. Specifically, the study seeks to explore how servant leaders are nurtured in one religious educational unit, that of the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The central research question for the study is: How does the CES nurture servant leaders? The case study approach allows for exploration in context as Carens (2000) has described, A contextual approach offers three interrelated advantages. First, it can clarify the meaning of abstract formulations. Secondly, it can provide access to normative insights that may be obscured by theoretical accounts that remain at the level of general principle. Thirdly, it can make us more conscious of the blinkers that constrain our theoretical visions when they are informed only by what is familiar (p. 2). To carry out the qualitative methodology three CES full-time directors participated in in-depth interviews answering open-ended questions relating to servant leadership, and more specifically, their experience of servant leadership inside the CES and in relation to their cultural context. Second, three groups of volunteer teachers participated in focus groups at CES institute locations throughout Tāmaki-makau- 42
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NURTURING SERVANT LEADERS IN RELIGI
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Page 31 and 32: established an expanded institute p
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Page 35 and 36: also helps teachers learn how to mi
Page 37 and 38: Chapter III: Literature Review The
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Page 43 and 44: More grounding necessary Issues sur
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Page 47 and 48: Exploring paradox Servant leadershi
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Page 53: Significance of the study The curre
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Page 63 and 64: Focus groups Focus groups were cond
Page 65 and 66: Data analysis Data for this project
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Page 75 and 76: Family The importance of the family
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Page 83 and 84: teach when I was out on the mission
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Page 89 and 90: share that night she remembered and
Page 91 and 92: While the differences of people wer
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Page 95 and 96: of service in the garden from the f
Page 97 and 98: From participant answers, it would
Page 99 and 100: evelation. As members of the Church
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wisdom is portrayed as “antitheti
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new opportunities to learn, to enga
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Chapter VII: Application of Finding
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Participants also indicated that th
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the significance of what was said,
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Chapter VIII: Conclusions and Recom
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Study strengths and weaknesses This
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Looking ahead: A personal reflectio
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Clark, J. R., Jr. (1992). The chart
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Intellectual Reserve. (1994). Teach
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112 Rieser, C. (1995). Claiming ser
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Appendices Appendix A-Structure of
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Appendix C-Participant Information
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Mobile: 021-1822-371 Email: Lesley_
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Zealand context, at least one year
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Appendix E-Director Consent Form Co
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Appendix G- Translated Information
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Áho: Approved by the Auckland Univ
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Leadership.” What do you feel are
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