Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications

This paper identifies the seminal works of key theorists in the field of spirituality and traces the development of the key ideas of spirituality at the workplace in relation to their relevance in today's organizational context. We examine how having a healthy orientation towards spirituality a...

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Main Authors: GEH, Zhen Yao Eugene, TAN, Gilbert Yip Wei
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https://doi.org/10.1080/14766080903290093
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-28082010-09-23T06:24:04Z Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications GEH, Zhen Yao Eugene TAN, Gilbert Yip Wei This paper identifies the seminal works of key theorists in the field of spirituality and traces the development of the key ideas of spirituality at the workplace in relation to their relevance in today's organizational context. We examine how having a healthy orientation towards spirituality at work can lead to desirable individual and organizational outcomes. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the rapidly changing workplace and its future directions by first uncovering the rationale behind the evolution of management thought since the introduction of Taylor's scientific management and then, by examining the various stages of economic development and as well as the assumptions of man at each identified stage. By relating both the evolution of management thoughts with their respective work designs as well as the general economic environment at various stages of development, the stage is set for the introduction of spirituality at the workplace. The benefits and costs of spirituality at work will be discussed and we will derive insightful suggestions on how to manage spirituality at work across culturally diverse and fast changing environments from existing research findings and anecdotal evidences reported by experienced practitioners. Finally, this paper will also discuss implications for research on spirituality at work. 2008-06-22T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1809 info:doi/10.1080/14766080903290093 https://doi.org/10.1080/14766080903290093 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University spirituality at work human resource management leadership organizational change organizational performance managerial skills Organizational Behavior and Theory
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topic spirituality at work
human resource management
leadership
organizational change
organizational performance
managerial skills
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle spirituality at work
human resource management
leadership
organizational change
organizational performance
managerial skills
Organizational Behavior and Theory
GEH, Zhen Yao Eugene
TAN, Gilbert Yip Wei
Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications
description This paper identifies the seminal works of key theorists in the field of spirituality and traces the development of the key ideas of spirituality at the workplace in relation to their relevance in today's organizational context. We examine how having a healthy orientation towards spirituality at work can lead to desirable individual and organizational outcomes. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the rapidly changing workplace and its future directions by first uncovering the rationale behind the evolution of management thought since the introduction of Taylor's scientific management and then, by examining the various stages of economic development and as well as the assumptions of man at each identified stage. By relating both the evolution of management thoughts with their respective work designs as well as the general economic environment at various stages of development, the stage is set for the introduction of spirituality at the workplace. The benefits and costs of spirituality at work will be discussed and we will derive insightful suggestions on how to manage spirituality at work across culturally diverse and fast changing environments from existing research findings and anecdotal evidences reported by experienced practitioners. Finally, this paper will also discuss implications for research on spirituality at work.
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author GEH, Zhen Yao Eugene
TAN, Gilbert Yip Wei
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TAN, Gilbert Yip Wei
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title Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications
title_short Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications
title_full Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications
title_fullStr Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications
title_full_unstemmed Towards an Understanding of Spirituality at Work in a Changing World: Managerial and Research Implications
title_sort towards an understanding of spirituality at work in a changing world: managerial and research implications
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2008
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1809
https://doi.org/10.1080/14766080903290093
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