Abstract:
While calls for spiritual practices at work
increase, the debate to position the concept of Workplace
Spirituality (WS) gets thornier. This paper offers a
theoretical contribution to the existing debates about
spirituality in the workplace in that it addresses the issues
of (a) religion, spirituality, and secularity (b) capitalizing
the human soul, (c) measuring spirituality, specifically WS
(d) indoctrination, (e) the trendy nature of WS. The need
for meaning and fulfillment for a greater cause is a
long-craved one in organizations. Profit-based
organizations have started to consider using spirituality to
increase their financial returns by making room for
pragmatic spiritual practices, while ontological disputes
still continue about whether spirituality could be an asset
for inducing profit. Our study starts with a general look at
workplace spirituality, continues with criticism and
debates rose about “spirituality and a spiritual workplace,”
and ends with our clarifications regarding these issues.
