Constructs, methods, and measures for researching spirituality in organizations

Heaton, Dennis P.; Schmidt‐Wilk, Jane; Travis, Frederick

doi:10.1108/09534810410511305

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“…Another view of it could be that of a mutually nurturing relationship between individual employees' spirituality experiences and workplace features (Kleiner 1996). Heaton et al (2004) said, "while traditional approach intends at managing change from the 'outside-in' , knowledge of the spiritual foundation of life suggests that change can be handled from the 'inside-out' and individuals who are able to self-experience the spiritual foundation of life can grow and develop in ways consistent with organizational goals".…”

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Workplace Spirituality in Indian Organisations: Construction of Reliable and Valid Measurement Scale

Pradhan

Jena

Merino-Soto

2017

Business: Theory and Practice

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The purpose of the paper was to develop and validate a comprehensive tool for measuring workplace spirituality. On the basis of literature, feedback from academic and industry professionals, a heuristic framework along with a scale on workplace spirituality was proposed and a questionnaire was developed. The instrument obtained empirical views from experts on its dimensions and statements. Content validity ratio (CVR) of the instrument was carried out and the retained items were taken for field survey. Three hundred and sixty one executive respondents employed in manufacturing and service organisations in Indian subcontinent responded to the 44 items scale assessing different facets of spirituality at workplace. This helped to validate the factors of workplace spirituality and optimize the contents of the proposed instrument with the help of structural equation modelling. Exploratory factor analysis revealed four distinct factors that constitute the new instrument of workplace spirituality: spiritual orientation, compassion, meaningful work, and alignment of values. Reliability analysis reported high level of internal consistency of the total scale (α = .78) and the five subscales (α’s ranging from .75 to .87). Finally, 30 items were retained with four important factors of Workplace Spirituality Scale.

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Section: Theoretical Foundation On Workplace Spiritualitymentioning

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Workplace Spirituality in Indian Organisations: Construction of Reliable and Valid Measurement Scale

Pradhan

Jena

Merino-Soto

2017

Business: Theory and Practice

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“…In the past 20 years, researchers and practitioners have been paying more and more attention to employee engagement and workplace spirituality (GarciaZamor, 2003;Heaton et al, 2004;Saks, 2011). While the theory develops independently, there is practical evidence of the relationship between spirituality and employee engagement (Saks, 2011).…”

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The Effect of University Teachers’ Workplace Spirituality on Employee Engagement: Professional Commitment as Mediator

Ke¹,

Feng-ju²,

Yan³

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The current research on workplace spirituality effect is mainly carried out in the west, lacking evidence of China background and attention to university teachers, although the groups are called soul engineer in China. In order to test the effect of workplace spirituality on employee engagement of Chinese university teachers, this study collected 239 samples by convenient sampling. The results of structural equation model test showed that the workplace spirituality of university teachers had a positive impact on their engagement, in which professional commitment played a partly mediating role. The results suggest that universities should strengthen their spirituality construction through various strategies.

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“…It has become the subject of increasing academic research (Heaton, Schmidt-Wilke and Travis, 2004). The business press also displays increased interest in the intersection of spirituality and business in traditional firms (Kinjerski and Skryanek, 2004) and entrepreneurial enterprises (Bulger, 2002).…”

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Artisans, Athletes, Entrepreneurs, and other Skilled Exemplars of the Way [1]

Stewart

Lee

Konz

2008

Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion

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We introduce management and spirituality scholars to the “knack” passages from the c. 4th century B.C.E. text, the Zhuangzi [Inline graphic]. The knack passages are parables about low status figures, such as wheelwrights, furniture makers and cooks, whose actions offer insights into the spirituality of ordinary work and, we argue, of entrepreneurship. Such non-corporate settings are lesser-studied domains for spirituality. Ancient Chinese writings have been noticed by spirituality and management writers but we call for deeper scholarly textual attention. We seek also to model more attention to the renaissance in scholarship on classical China. More ambitiously, we hope to show that these passages are not only germane but worthy of careful consideration. Our efforts reflect the influence of Slingerland's (2003) study of “effortless action” as a central soteriological goal in ancient China.

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Constructs, methods, and measures for researching spirituality in organizations

Cited by 111 publications

References 70 publications

Workplace Spirituality in Indian Organisations: Construction of Reliable and Valid Measurement Scale

Workplace Spirituality in Indian Organisations: Construction of Reliable and Valid Measurement Scale

The Effect of University Teachers’ Workplace Spirituality on Employee Engagement: Professional Commitment as Mediator

Artisans, Athletes, Entrepreneurs, and other Skilled Exemplars of the Way [1]

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