The extent to which the contributor\u2019s organization engages in collaborative activities with others<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nEach question had a normatively ideal response\u2014one that reflects the ideals of stewardship for individuals or organizations. For instance, if a contributor said that their organization views system change in its community as its most important organizational goal, that would indicate strong consistency with the premise that stewards should routinely concentrate on the systems that shape our lives. The opposite would be true if the contributor said that system change is not something the organization talks about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That kind of normative analysis allowed us to create an index of stewardship diffusion that measures the spread and uptake of core stewardship perspectives. A contributor whose answers aligned with the normative stewardship response to every question would have a score of 100. Conversely, a contributor who endorsed none of the expected stewardship responses would have a diffusion score of zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lowest score registered by any contributor was 18, while some scored 100. Across the 348-person sample, the average score was 65 (see Figure 4). Respondents from community non-profits, public health departments, and hospitals tended to score close to the sample-wide mean, while respondents from business associations tended to score lower, with a mean score of 51 (see Figure 5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n