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dc.contributor.advisor | Hackett, Rick D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chiu, Raymond B. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-11T16:04:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-11T16:04:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11-16 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/22117 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation takes a sharp methodological turn from prior research on religiousness, spirituality, and culture in organizations by making advances in the study of the structure and role of workplace religio-spiritual beliefs, combining a critical review, theory building, and two empirical sections. The research is based on the premise that the study of individual psychology has yet to address the cross-cultural and domain-specific nature of religio-spiritual beliefs that come to mind naturally in everyday work situations. First, after a case is made for the study of religio-spiritual beliefs, a critical review of the literature provides a comparison of 90 content-based measurement models, and is followed by implications for improving future measurement and research. Second, a conceptual discussion recommends a way forward for a domain-specific conceptualization of religiousness and spirituality and sets a framework for improving methodology, drawing from grounded theory, integral theory, and sense-making methodology. Third, a bottom-up exploration of the religio-spiritual beliefs induced by a variety of workplace situations is conducted through interviews of informants from six major faith traditions, plus the spiritual-but-not-religious. From the analysis, workplace situations, associated beliefs, and mental modules are structured according to the four quadrants of the Workplace Integral Model, each quadrant typified by a different workplace-grounded existential dilemma. Fourth, a higher level of religio-spiritual cognition is accessed through a sense-making methodology, revealing why and how work-related thoughts, self-concepts, and experiences become imbued with religio-spiritual significance, as illustrated in eight modes arranged on a Religio-Spiritual Sense-Making Circumplex. It is hoped that these findings can help set a foundation for future progress with research methods, measurement models, and theory building focused on the religio-spiritual thoughts of a diversity of people in the workplace. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | belief | en_US |
dc.subject | cross-cultural | en_US |
dc.subject | measurement | en_US |
dc.subject | psychology of religion | en_US |
dc.subject | religiousness | en_US |
dc.subject | workplace spirituality | en_US |
dc.subject | cognitive science | en_US |
dc.subject | conceptualization | en_US |
dc.subject | methodology | en_US |
dc.subject | integral theory | en_US |
dc.subject | sanctification | en_US |
dc.subject | sense-making | en_US |
dc.title | Beliefs that Matter: Workplace Religiousness and Spirituality Across Cultures | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Business | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
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