Educational socio cultural accomplishments leader motives and congregation s culture of franciscan capuchins from a historical perspective

Abstract

The research primarily centers on examining the educational, socio-cultural newlineaccomplishments and leader motives of the Franciscan Capuchins in Karnataka, with a newlinespecific focus on Congregation s intentions, historical perspectives, current practices, newlinepreferred leadership, and futuristic perspective. Given the breadth of this study, the researcher adopts a systematic approach, moving from general to specific aspects. Thus, the research establishes a broad understanding of the Franciscan Capuchins presence and activities in Karnataka. Although individual studies exist for each term educational, social, cultural, leadership/ leader motives, and congregational culture, there is a scarcity newlineof comprehensive investigations in the context of Franciscan Capuchins. This research aims to address a significant gap in current literature by examining the dynamics of the Congregation s culture, leader motives, and the educational and newlinesocio-cultural contributions of the Franciscan Capuchins in effecting positive societal transformations. A mixed-method research strategy was employed, integrating both qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative study employed document analysis of primary and secondary sources. Case-wise, cross-case, and thematic analyses were applied to qualitative data obtained from interviews. NVivo 12 Plus software facilitated the identification of recurring patterns, thematic elements, and narratives, contributing to the comprehensive interpretation of the research questions. For the quantitative aspect, the researcher designed the questionnaires to quantitatively measure the educational, social, and cultural accomplishments of the Franciscan Capuchin Congregation. Additionally, a questionnaire based on McClelland s need theory of leader motives was developed to assess the motivations of the leaders within the Congregation. To gauge the congregation s culture of the Franciscan Order, the study adopted the Organization Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) designed by Cameron and Quinn.