Integrating Christian Spirituality at Work: Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches

McGhee, Peter

doi:10.3390/rel10070433

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“…Spiritual and religious values are not detachable but deeply held values by an individual (Brophy, 2015). Mcghee (2019) advocates integrating Christian spirituality at work (religious view) through bottom-up and top-down approaches in organizations.…”

Section: Spirituality and Religionmentioning

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A review of workplace spirituality: identifying present development and future research agenda

Mhatre

Mehta²

2023

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Purpose This study aims to identify the present development of workplace spirituality (WPS) by synthesizing the findings from the WPS literature, identifying gaps and proposing a research agenda. Design/methodology/approach This study reviews 72 articles on WPS published in scholarly journals to review their findings on how it has developed over time. Findings This review reveals a dearth of qualitative studies like the phenomenological approach, ethnographic research, mixed methodology and experimental research. Besides, the findings reveal various dimensions of spirituality in regard to the workplace. The synthesis reveals a paucity of research to examine WPS at the level of mesospiritual. The findings reveal the scope for cross-cultural studies in WPS that could support and advance inclusion and diversity in the organization. Also, there is scope to examine the relationship of WPS with mental and behavioral health, mindset, innovative behavior, sustainable behavior and trust. Further, the findings reveal the scope of studying the darker side of spirituality in the workplace. Research limitations/implications This study offers significant implications to researchers, management and human resource management (HRM) practitioners by providing a holistic understanding of WPS. The literature review findings are limited to the analysis performed on seventy-two papers from Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar databases. Practical implications This study provides suggestions and future research directions for researchers, HRM and management practitioners for the inclusion of spirituality. The review findings suggest the implications for management and HRM practitioners by understanding the research done in cognitive science and neuroscience related to spirituality to humanize the workplace. HRM practitioners can draw on the insights offered in this analysis to develop learning and development interventions in support of WPS, e.g. training programs for cultivating mindset through spiritual mentoring. Originality/value The study provides WPS development over time. It also provides a comprehensive outlook on WPS that highlights its positive and negative sides. The study contributes to the literature by categorizing the literature and proposing a research agenda to guide future WPS research.

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Section: Spirituality and Religionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of workplace spirituality: identifying present development and future research agenda

Mhatre

Mehta²

2023

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“…Christ himself is the reality, and everything must be seen in his dominating epistemic light" (Miller 2014:1). 53 For further recent approaches to Christian spirituality at work, see also Buszka and Ewest (2020), McGhee (2019), Pio and McGhee (2019), and Wiebe and Driscoll (2018).…”

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The Christian Body at Work

Brügger¹

2021

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A large part of the global workforce is said to be Christians, but what does it mean to be a Christian at work? This study offers a review of relevant research from management and organisation studies as well as from theology; it reports on fieldwork among business managers in Switzerland and proposes an embodiment perspective on Christians at work. The author identifies difficulties relating to the predominant uses of terms such as faith, spirituality and religion at work, and argues for the importance of taking Christians’ framing practices and bodily forms of existence into account. By participating in a bodily form in Christ’s death and resurrection, and by thus practising Christ’s body, Christians find themselves located at an existential nerve centre for carrying out work activities. This study shows how the notion of ‘Christians’ can open up conceptual space for relevant organisational, managerial, sociological, ethical and theological aspects concerning contemporary work settings.

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“…Empirical research, therefore, offers an important means of expanding the conversation about faith and work, and it can help illuminate the diversity of ways that a range of Christians understand the relationship between faith and work. Existing qualitative and quantitative studies have largely focused on integration of faith and work in the context of the workplace (Grant et al 2004;Lynn et al 2010;McGhee 2019;Neubert et al 2013; Walker 2013) and how people of faith find meaning in the workplace (Davidson and Caddell 1994;Miller and Everest 2013;Miller 2003;Steger et al 2010). Most of this work has been done with relatively small samples or focused on a fairly narrow range of inquiry.…”

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From Secular to Sacred: Bringing Work to Church

2020

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Work and faith are significant life commitments for many people. Understanding how people integrate these facets of life is important for scholars, faith leaders, and religious communities. We use data from Faith at Work: An Empirical Study, which includes a U.S. general population survey (n = 13,270) and in-depth interviews. Drawing data from a Christian sub-sample we ask: How do Christians draw on their faith community in relation to work? For those in different social locations, in what ways does talk about work come up in churches? Finally, what work-related challenges do Christians experience, and how do Christians want their churches and pastors to address them? We find that many Christians see faith as a resource for enhancing their work lives but do not often encounter discussion of work at church or talk with pastors about work, though Black congregants are nearly twice as likely as whites to hear their pastors discuss work. Further, specific groups of Christians want their pastors and churches to do more to support them in their work and/or to help them navigate faith in the workplace. They also want churches to better accommodate the needs of working people at church, so they can more fully participate.

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Integrating Christian Spirituality at Work: Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches

Cited by 8 publications

References 96 publications

A review of workplace spirituality: identifying present development and future research agenda

A review of workplace spirituality: identifying present development and future research agenda

The Christian Body at Work

From Secular to Sacred: Bringing Work to Church

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