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Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance
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Description: This is the first comprehensive, research-based, interdisciplinary, and action-oriented approach to spirituality in organizational life. It articulates a new approach to successful organizational performance by bringing together the work of leading scholars who connect spirituality to mainstream organizational research.
The Handbook performs seven key functions:
--1. It provides managers, scholars and students with a detailed understanding of the practice of spirituality in the workplace and how it contributes to organizational performance; 2. It provides a pardigm for interdisciplinary research, theory, and concept applications; 3. It links divergent interdisciplinary theory on spirituality; 4. It provides a framework for scholars seeking to expand research and practice to include spiritulity in the workplace; 5. It provides critical evaluations and definitions of concepts and applications of spirituality in the workplace; 6. It provides diagnoses of the potential problems and expected outcomes of workplace spirituality research; 7 It integrates the philosophical and pragmatic aspects of spirituality into a coherent approach to management and administration in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.
Selected Contents:
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword by Barry Posner
Preface
Theoretical Development of Workplace Spirituality
1. Toward a Science of Workplace Spirituality, Robert A. Giacalone and Carole L. Jurkiewicz
2. Business and the Spirit: Management Practices that Sustain Values, Jeffrey Pfeffer
3. The Human Side of Spirituality, Riane Eisler and Alfonso Montuori
4. Spirituality and Marketing: An Overview of the Literature, Daryl McKee
5. Organizational Interactions: A Basic Skeleton with Spiritual Tissue, Iris Vilnai-Yavetz and Anat Rafaeli
6. Institutionalized Spirituality: An Oxymoron? Blake E. Ashforth and Michael G. Pratt
7. The Experience of Work: Spirituality and the New Workplace, Gordon E. Dehler and M. Ann Welsh
8. Spiritual Well-Being, Spiritual Intelligence, and Healthy Workplace Policy, Raymond F. Paloutzian, Robert A. Emmons, and Susan G. Keortge
9. Ethical Climates and Spirituality: An Exploratory Examination of Theoretical Links, K. Praveen Parboteeah and John B. Cullen
10. Spirituality, Consumption, and Business: A Pragmatic Perspective, Rogene A. Buchholz and Sandra B. Rosenthal
11. Embracing Workplace Spirituality and Managing Organizational Politics: Servant Leadership and Political Skill for Volatile Times, Robert W. Kolodinsky, Michael G. Bowen, and Gerald R. Ferris
12. Organizational Citizenship Behavior and the Spiritual Employee, Bennett J. Tepper
Conceptualizing Workplace Spirituality
13. Reconciling Professional and Personal Value Systems: The Spiritually Motivated Manager as Organizational Entrepreneur, Andrew J. Hoffman
14. A Study of Quality of Work Life, Spiritual Well-Being, and Life Satisfaction, Dong-Jin Lee, M. Joseph Sirgy, David Efraty, and Phillip Siegel
15. Coming to Terms with Spirituality and Religion in the Workplace, Peter C. Hill and Gary S. Smith
16. Drawing the Line: Religion and Spirituality in the Workplace, Richard D. White, Jr.
17. Ethics at Work: Money, Spirituality and Happiness, Adrian Furnham
18. Honesty, Spirituality, and Performance at Work, Dawn R. Elm
19. Spiritual Wellness in the Workplace, R. Elliott Ingersoll
20. The Role of Spirituality in Occupational Stress and Well- Being, Kelly L. Zellars and Pamela L. PerrewT
21. Workplace Spirituality in the United States and the Former East Germany, Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
22. Spirituality and Information, Richard O. Mason
Applied Theory in Workplace Spirituality
23. Culture and Consciousness: Measuring Spirituality in the Workplace by Mapping Values, Richard Barrett
24. Hope in the Workplace, Virgil H. Adams III, C. R. Snyder, Kevin L. Rand, Elisa A. King, David R. Sigmon, and Kim M. Pulvers
25. When the Spirit Moves You: Administration, Law, and Spirituality in the Workplace, Terrel L. Rhodes
26. Spirituality and End-of-Life Care, Jonathan P. West and Colleen M. West
27. Forgiveness in the Workplace, Laura Yamhure Thompson and Patricia E. Shahen
28. How Workplace Spirituality Becomes Mainstreamed in a Scholarly Organization, Jerry Biberman
29. Operational Integrity: The Gateway to Workplace Harmony and Velocity, Kathlyn T. Hendricks and Gay Hendricks
30. Spiritually Renewing Ourselves at Work: Finding Meaning Through Serving, Krista Kurth
31. Illuminating the Invisible: IT and Self-Discovery in the Workplace, Kieran Mathieson and Cynthia E. Miree
32. Using the Everyday Challenges of Business to Transform Individuals and Organizations, Kazimierz Gozdz and Robert Frager
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
Comment(s): "This work is a must read for any student who cares about the development of a nurturing, caring, responsive, and successful organization in the twenty-first century -- public, private, or nonprofit." -- Robert W. Smith, Clemson University
"It's said that no one ever died for a conclusion yet millions have for their convictions. Spirituality concerns our deepest convictions, though few social scientists study its effects on modern-day work and workplace. Robert Giacalone and Carole Jurkiewicz's book therefore provides a crucial first step as a serious, probative exploration into what many view as the most basic aspect of our lives and livelihoods. The research in this volume raises profound questions that deserve our attention and further investigation." -- Richard Stillman, University of Colorado
"A serious book on the subject of workplace spirituality and its relationship to organizational performance is finally available. Spirituality in the workplace has become a popular topic in the past several years, but there has been a paucity of significant readings on the topic. This problem has been remedied with the Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance. This timely collection of readings adds meat to the bones of workplace spirituality. The major sections on theory development, conceptualization, and application provide the reader with a breadth and depth of relevant topics that will serve as an important reference work for many years to come. I think the Giacalone and Jurkiewicz volume is a 'must read' for all those with a commitment to discovering more about this vital topic. It will be highly valued in both the for-profit and not-for-profit organizational communities." -- Archie Carroll, University of Georgia
"If ever there was an era in the workplace when we needed scholarly and inspiring inquiry into spirituality issues, that time is now. This book addresses this urgent need. It is written by people who care about the quality of their work and think deeply and creatively about the quality of the experience of work done by others. It is a significant and hopeful contribution to a field of study and practice which will grow in importance in the years ahead." -- Peter J. Frost, University of British Columbia, author of Toxic Emotions at Work
Review(s): This book is a very accessible read for anyone who works in any type of organization. ... a well-structured book that meets its objective to scientifically and systematically explore the connections between workplace spirituality and traditional organizational objectives. ... The Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance provides a unique venue for delving into the relationships between our individual spirits, our workplace duties, and the consequences of our choices. Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology
The Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance is a must read for those who are tired of spending half of their waking lives feeling pressured to leave personal ethics at home. ... It is a landmark in the emergence of a new paradigm that holds great promise of bringing into the realm of scientific inquiry that which has traditionally been the domain of theology. Academy of Management Executive
    
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