Religion and the Workplace
Religion and the Workplace
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USDHow can company leaders and employees negotiate their different religious and spiritual commitments in the workplace? 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, for many employees, central to their identities. From the perspective of the employer, however, they can be distracting or divisive influences. This book analyzes the current interest in religion and spirituality in US companies. It offers conceptual distinctions and comparative examples (from the pluralistic contexts of India and Singapore) to trace the myriad ways that religion is present at work. It offers a model of respectful pluralism, asserting that the task of effective and ethical leadership in organizations is not to promote a single spiritual or religious framework but to create an environment in which managers and employees can respectfully express their own beliefs and practices.
- The most scholarly analysis to date of religion and spirituality in the workplace
- An interdisciplinary analysis, drawing on religious studies and leadership/management studies
- Extends public debates about religious diversity and pluralism from politics and civil society to the market/work sphere
Reviews & endorsements
"eligion and the Workplace...looks at how employers can move away from seeing religion as divisive. The book offers 'respectful pluralism' as a guide for employers handling religious diversity and conflict." HRMagazine
"...Hicks' book is an important and excellent contribution to a still underdeveloped public debate on religious diversity in the workplace." Comparative Labor law & Policy Journal, Achim Seifert
"...an effective tool to discuss moral, political, religious, and spiritual issues in a diverse workplace." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Benjamin J. Wiles, Emory University
Product details
November 2003Paperback
9780521529600
232 pages
229 × 153 × 19 mm
0.379kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 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.
