Approaches to Implement Spirituality in Business

Thaker, Keyur B.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1412645

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“…Later on, Giacalone and Jurkiewicz (2003) defined WPS at the organizational level in terms of providing a humane work environment shaped by spiritual values like benevolence, generativity, receptivity, respect, humanism, mutuality, responsibility, integrity, justice and trust. Cultivating these values in an organization helps to achieve individual interest while furthering collective interest; resulting in enhanced performance, business competitiveness and sustainability (Thaker, 2009).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Knowledge Sharing Intention: A Conceptual Framework

Khari

Sinha

2017

Journal of Human Values

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Knowledge forms a crucial source for gaining competitive advantage and its sharing a dominant challenge facing several organizations. In this paper we propose a positive role of workplace spirituality (WPS) (at individual and collective levels) on knowledge sharing intention (KSI) by employing the theory of decomposed planned behaviour. We argue that WPS with its focus on inner spirit, meaningful work, sense of interconnectedness and alignment with organizational values and mission positively strengthens an individual’s knowledge sharing attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural controls (thereby, strengthening their KSI) by affecting the underlying behavioural, normative and control beliefs. We also take into account the role of transformational leadership (TL) in creating a pro-social working environment, which facilitates knowledge sharing. In proposing a holistic and multi-level framework linking WPS (at individual and collective levels) and TL with KSI, this paper contributes to both, knowledge sharing and WPS literatures.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Knowledge Sharing Intention: A Conceptual Framework

Khari

Sinha

2017

Journal of Human Values

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“…Pinpointing the potential benefits derived from spirituality in the workplace, Evers and Reid (2009) noted that it is a countering life force whereby one can offset several problems present in the contemporary corporate life such as the risk of being defined by work, the impersonality of the work world, workaholism, burnout, downsizing, underutilization and fear in the workplace. Building on Acharya (2007), Thaker (2009) argued that: Knowledge about spirituality and awakening of spiritual strengths leads to excellence in corporate decision-making, interpersonal relationships, and culture and thus enables vibrant and sustainable businesses. Spirituality means enlightening ones' thoughts, emotions, and intrinsic lower impulses.…”

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Spiritual intelligence: a theoretical synthesis and work-life potential linkages

Vasconcelos¹

2020

IJOA

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Purpose As corporate life is influenced by various things, there is no justifiable reason to believe that the spiritual power (capacity) should not be one of them. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to argue that workers need to develop another core competency, knowledge and skill, that is, spiritual intelligence (SI). Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on a literature review to support its conclusions. In this sense, this paper carefully examines relevant popular and academic books, handbooks, articles, papers, thesis and doctoral dissertations related to SI. In addition, this paper depicts a conceptual model of SI that is made up of some research propositions, namely, professional moral courage, altruism, hope state, optimism, cooperative capacity, organizational justice mindset and listening skill. Findings Overall, the literature review suggests that without such a capacity, we would be enjoying merely impoverished lives (here referred to as the outcome of a set of harmful aspects such as an existence without spiritual compass, meaning, worthy purposes and desire to face the shadows of our own personality). Practical implications This paper proposes that SI is the path to reach and develop our own spirituality. When this ability is triggered, we are potentially able to make some important contributions to the people that live around and rely on us. Originality/value This paper argues that SI can be regarded as a human capacity that connects us with the ultimate frontier, that is, the spiritual realm. As such, it is proposed that it can be cultivated over time in a careful and disciplined way by anyone that is really interested in developing his or her spirituality.

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“…Numerous researchers contend that the major reasons for increased focus on employee spiritual engagement are the changing work and lifestyle, the rise of self-exploration, and a developing pattern to examine life importance and values by organisation scholars [50]. [53] asserts that life's demand stretches out beyond the materialistic aspects, and it is necessary to address the spiritual dimension of employees to accomplish better outcomes in an organisational setting.…”

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The Relationship of Coalition on Employee Spiritual Engagement: Interplay of Organisational Politics

Chukwuma¹,

Agbaeze²,

Nwakoby³

et al. 2019

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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The objective of the study was to establish the relationship between coalition and employee spiritual engagement. The research was quantitative, and data was administered and retrieved from employees at the selected private radio firms. Content validity was utilised to ascertain the validity of the instrument, and the reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Kendall's tau_b correlation was used to shows the result of the bivariate relationship between coalition and employee spiritual engagement (p > 0.05); hence, we accepted the null hypothesis. To know how much variance in employee spiritual engagement can be clarified by coalition, a simple linear regression was performed; with a result of 0.1(percent), it was evidenced that coalition had no effect on employee spiritual engagement. The finding of the study showed that there is no statistical relationship between coalition and employee spiritual engagement. The result of this study also bears practical implications; executives should understand that organisations cannot achieve a zero-level coalition activity. Although this behaviour via the results does not possess a statistical relationship, executives should articulate its optimized use within acceptable terms.

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Approaches to Implement Spirituality in Business

Cited by 10 publications

References 10 publications

Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Knowledge Sharing Intention: A Conceptual Framework

Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Knowledge Sharing Intention: A Conceptual Framework

Spiritual intelligence: a theoretical synthesis and work-life potential linkages

The Relationship of Coalition on Employee Spiritual Engagement: Interplay of Organisational Politics

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