Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 16 Issue 4

Introduction: the leading edge in research on spirituality and organizations

Judi Neal, Jerry Biberman

This paper is an introduction to the special issue on “The leading edge in research on spirituality and organizations”. The paper discusses some of the issues concerning the outer…

Mapping the terrain of spirituality in organizations research

Margaret Benefiel

Researchers in the burgeoning new field of spirituality in organizations face a number of significant field‐shaping questions, e.g. how should spirituality in organizations be…

Research in spirituality, religion, and work: Walking the line between relevance and legitimacy

Kathy Lund Dean, Charles J. Fornaciari, James J. McGee

While spirituality and religion in work (SRW) as an inquiry field has been gaining interest in the popular press, it has only recently been recognized by the academic community…

Point‐counterpoint: measuring workplace spirituality

Keiko Krahnke, Robert A. Giacalone, Carole L. Jurkiewicz

Presents a point‐counterpoint discussion on whether or not we can – or should – measure something as ineffable as spirituality in organizations. Topics covered include “Workplace…

Making conscious choices in doing research on workplace spirituality: Utilizing the “holistic development model” to articulate values, assumptions and dogmas of the knower

Marjolein Lips‐Wiersma

An increasing range of research methods emphasize the socially situated nature of knowledge and hence the need to specify the knower. As such we need to account for the ways in…

Workplace spirituality and employee work attitudes: An exploratory empirical assessment

John Milliman, Andrew J. Czaplewski, Jeffery Ferguson

One important question in the field of workplace spirituality concerns the relationship of this construct with employee work attitudes. This study attempts to make a rigorous…

Comparing spirituality on three southern California college campuses

Jaqui Bradley, Sandra King Kauanui

Following September 11, 2001, spirituality has become an even more important issue. Research projects have been done to address the need of spirituality in the corporate…

Holding up More than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948‐92

Mary Lee Vance

Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns, and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy

Mary Lee Vance

Work Roles, Gender Roles and Asian Indian Immigrant Women in the United States

Mary Lee Vance