Religiosity, Spirituality and Work: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Directions

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“…The role and impact of religiosity and spirituality in the workplace is a relatively new concept but is becoming more widely accepted and studied (Fry & Cohen, 2009;Obregon, Lopes, Kaczam, da Veiga, & da Silva, 2021). Spirituality in employees can dictate their work ethics, shared belief systems, learning capacities, attitudes, knowledge, creative understandings, and willingness to achieve certain tasks and outcomes, all of which have been found to have a net positive impact on organizational workplace culture and the triple bottom line (Garcia-Zamor, 2003;Moon, Youn, Hur, & Kim, 2020).…”

“…Moral and ethical motivation from peoples' spirituality and religion can drive their purpose within an organization and can help add substantive meaning and purpose of existence to organizations and their employees. Spirituality and religiosity are ways for people to find deeper meaning and their inner selves, as well as to explore a strongly valuable sense of community engagement and purpose (Obregon, Lopes, Kaczam, da Veiga, & da Silva, 2021). Eventually, these meanings and purposes can be translated into the workplace, and it is possible that those benefits may perhaps be seen in business and customer relationship outcomes.…”

“…Leaders can be more successful if they are able to use workforce spirituality as a strength in the way they organize project groups and teams, client-business relationships, routine activities, and incentivize opportunities. Leaders and executives should understand what kinds and styles of spiritual values and religious principles are important to their employees so they can create the type of culture that allows them to thrive, and motivates them to accomplish the company's mission (Obregon, Lopes, Kaczam, da Veiga, & da Silva, 2021).…”

“…Large, diverse sales-driven corporations like Chevron, SAP, Home Depot, Target, Walmart, etc. encourage and appreciate the wide array of philosophies, main beliefs, and principles taught at churches and religious bodies for their employees, therefore improving customer relationships and increasing company profits (Obregon, Lopes, Kaczam, da Veiga, & da Silva, 2021).…”

“…While there has been research showing the benefits of religiosity and spirituality in the workplace, there has also been research against the positive benefits and outcomes that suggests that religiosity and spirituality can create workplace disagreements and inconsistencies (Amri, Asbari, Gazali, Novitasari, & Purwanto, 2021;Obregon, Lopes, Kaczam, da Veiga, & da Silva, 2021). In some philosophical entities, followers and believers are encouraged to share their belief systems and faith within different professional settings, and thus general disagreements can arise and job satisfactions can decrease, if their coworkers or customers do not agree or do not appreciate their religious and spiritual manifestations and communications at the workplace or outside (Fox, Webster, & Casper, 2018;Jena, 2021).…”