The Christian Commitment Index: Conceptualization and Development
Keywords:
Christian Commitment, CCI, Faith Integration, Faith Scale, UndergraduateAbstract
While assessing faith integration is key at Christian universities, few objective tools exist for measuring the influence of students’ personal faith on such efforts. This study proposes the Christian Commitment Index, CCI, which offers potential toward addressing this need. A study of over 700 undergraduate business majors indicates that the CCI can help measure students’ personal faith. Relative to faith integration in their cognate area, CCI helps explain students’ understanding of their career aspirations and their perceptions of the role of work and business.
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