Religion and the Workplace: Pluralism, Spirituality, Leadership

ISBN-13: 9780521529600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 232 str.

Douglas A. Hicks

Opis

How can company leaders and employees negotiate their different religious and spiritual commitments in the workplace? This analysis proposes constructive solutions based on a concept of respectful pluralism which allows for the expression of individual beliefs and practices. At a time of international debate over religious conflict and tolerance, workforces in various parts of the world are more diverse than ever before. Religion and spirituality are often strongly linked to employees' identities. From the perspective of the employer, however, they can be distracting or divisive influences.

Recenzje

'This is an admirable contribution to scholarship, one that will prove invaluable for those working in the fields of religious studies, theology, ethics, business and leadership. … a careful, impressive, well-defended, cogent but modest argument … This work fills more than one gap in the literature. … Leaders who take this book seriously will be greatly assisted in managing to address the needs of the business effectively … Students of (any) religion will find here an examination in depth of how religion is manifested in an arena of life that is too often neglected in their curriculum.' The Heythrop Journal

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Analyzing Current Realities: 1. The changing American context; 2. The corporate interest in spirituality; 3. Which spirituality in the workplace?; 4. Conflicts at work: is religion distinctive?; Part II. Mapping Religion and the Workplace: 5. Being religious differently; 6. Religions of the workplace; 7. Comparative contexts: India and Singapore; Part III. Constructing Respectful Pluralism: 8. Respectful pluralism at work; 9. Leadership for a pluralistic workplace; Bibliography; Index.