Faith at Work Scale

he Impact of Religious Diversity Management Strategies on Employee Attitudes

“…With little research looking at diversity management strategies and its effects on employee attitudes, it is easy to see why some researchers claim there is a lack of sufficient evidence in this field of research (Gebert et al, 2014, Longenecker, McKinney, & Moore, 2004, Lynn, Naughton, & VanderVeen, 2009). Yet researchers Miller and Ewest (2015) offer a way of evaluating such strategies by utilizing four frameworks designed to offer unique and different ways of managing religious and spiritual diversity.…”

“…Some believe this lack of research is due to unclear definitions and measurement tools (Lynn, Naughton, & VanderVeen, 2009). Indeed, very little work to date has utilized a concise framework or model regarding types of religious diversity management.…”

“…The main distinction between the frameworks used in this study and other frameworks or models used in previous research is that models like the spiritual leadership theory tend to be theoretical or undefined (Benefiel, Fry, & Geigle, 2014, Longenecker, McKinney, & Moore, 2004& Lynn, Naughton, & VanderVeen, 2009). This has led some researchers to point out the clear lack of methodology or measurement tools in this field of research (Hicks, 2002).…”