The Routledge companion to management and workplace spirituality / edited by Joan Marques.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marques, Joan, editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Routledge companions in business, management and accounting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Religious aspects.

Management.

Business ethics.

Spiritual life.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Joan Marques serves as Dean and Professor of Management at Woodbury University, USA. Her research focuses on workplace spirituality, ethics, and leadership. She has published extensively, including the books Business and Buddhism, Leadership, and Ethical Leadership, all published by Routledge.

Summary:

The Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality provides readers with a broad, cutting-edge overview of the discipline of management spirituality and religion (MSR). Marques has gathered leading scholars from around the world who share their insights and research on important topics such as linking spirituality and religion, cultural influences on workplace spirituality, mindfulness, and managing spiritually averse people. The volume also covers each of the major religions from both East and West, as well as leadership and spirituality, and issues related to linking spirituality to ethics, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. This volume will prove invaluable to any student or researcher looking for a comprehensive survey of the field of MSR.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Managing Spirituality from a Personal Stance; 1 Understanding the Ripple Effect of Spiritual Behavior; The Spiritual Workplace: Reality or Not?; Internal, Integrated, and External Aspects; Internal, Integrated, and External Aspects; Transforming the Workplace into a Spiritual One; The Ripple Effect; Final Note; References; 2 Operating from Our Authentic Self: Understanding Who We Truly Are; Introduction

The Bhagavad Gītā and Upanişads: The Earliest Sources of Self-KnowledgeThe Need and Importance of Self-Knowledge; Seeker Is the Sought; Self-Knowledge: An Already Accomplished Fact; Self-KnowledgeIs Self-Realization; Parking the Ego at the Door: Key to Authentic Leadership; What is Humility?; Concluding Thoughts; References; 3 Managing Spirituality from a Personal Perspective; Defining Spirituality; Inner Exploration; Horizontal and Vertical Transformations; Spirituality and Channeling; References; 4 Spirituality: A Personal Exploration; Spirituality: A Personal Exploration

A Space of FreedomSpirituality from a Personal Perspective; 5 Spirituality, Responsibility, and Integrity; Introduction; Spirituality; Workplace Spirituality and Spiritual Capital; Conclusion and Future Research Directions; References; 6 A Spirituality of Imperfection: Recognizing and Rewarding Intelligent Failure; Introduction; Intelligent Failure; A Spirituality of Imperfection; How to Develop Intelligent Failure; Conclusion; Note; References; Part II: Spirituality, Religion, and Culture; 7 Linking Spirituality to Religion; Introduction; Origins of the Divide between the Sacred-Spiritual

Multidimensionality of Religion and SpiritualityConclusion; References; 8 MSR 2.0: Spirituality Plus Religion; MSR 2.0: Spirituality Plus Religion; Religion Defined; The Nature of Belief Systems; Starting Axioms; Atheist Objectivism; Christianity; Secular Humanism/Scientific Naturalism/Atheism; Buddhism; Hinduism; Axioms Should Be Explicit; MSR 2.0; Notes; References; 9 Spirituality and Religion at Work: Christian Traditions in Action; A Christian View of Spirituality; Managerial Implications; Conclusion; References; 10 At the Intersection of Yoga and Leadership: Humility as a Practice

IntroductionYoga Practice and Leader Development; Conclusion and Further Reflection; Appendix; References; Part III: Conscious Foundations of Spirituality; 11 Turning Inward to Connect Outward: Paving a Motivational Path in Today's Workplace; Where Did All the Meaning Go?; Moving Toward a Solution; Turning Inward to Understand Interbeing; Conclusion; References; 12 Awakening Leadership: The Outer Reaches of Inner Space; Introduction; Methodology; Some Misconceptions about Creativity and Innovation; Crossing the "Limit"; The Call to Adventure-Individuation and Liberating Individual Creativity

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 12, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Routledge companion to management and workplace spirituality.

ISBN:

9781351015097

1351015095

9781351015110

1351015117

9781351015080

1351015087

9781351015103

1351015109

OCLC:

1089683984

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.