Spirituality and Performance in Organizations: A Literature Review

By F. Karakas. 2010

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Subfields: Demography, Health, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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The moral self: A review and integration of the literature (2015, background): “…important to highlight other work on individuals’ traits, such as the Protestant Work Ethic (see Furnham, 1984, for a review) and spirituality (see Karakas, 2010, for a recent review), which suggest that such traits, especially those linking Protestant Work Ethic and religiosity to work, highly…”
Workplace spirituality, work engagement and thriving at work (2018, background): “…outcomes, although not in an entrepreneurial context, include job involvement (Milliman et al., 2003; Van der Walt & Swanepoel, 2015), job satisfaction (Van der Walt & De Klerk, 2014), organisational commitment (Rego & Cunha, 2008), and employee performance and effectiveness (Karakas, 2010).”
Does employees’ spirituality enhance job performance? The mediating roles of intrinsic motivation and job crafting (2020, background): “Despite the lack of a widely accepted definition of spirituality – there are more than 70 definitions of spirituality at work (Karakas 2010; Kinjerski and Skrypnek 2004) – there is a consensus that spirituality is a multifaceted construct which is associated with seeking meaningfulness and purpose f”
Connecting religion and work: Patterns and influences of work-faith integration (2011, background): “A natural extension of the present study is to ask what consequences work-faith integration has on individual, interpersonal, and organizational outcomes, as has been done in workplace spirituality research (Karakas, 2009; Kolodinsky et al., 2008).”
Workplace spirituality, meditation, and work performance (2012, background): “Thus, enabling the expression of human experience at its deepest, most spiritual level may not only reduce stress, conflict, and absenteeism, but also enhance work performance (Krahnke et al. 2003), employee well-being, and quality of life (Karakas 2010).”
The Neglected Ethical and Spiritual Motivations in the Workplace (2015, methodology): “Providing a deeper sense, meaning, and purpose enables workers to perform better and to be more productive and creative at work (Karakas, 2010), and fostering workplace spirituality helps them to realize more deeply the connections they have to themselves, others, their environment, and the larger w”
Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance in Indian Context: Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment, Work Motivation and Employee Engagement (2017, background): “Although the domain of workplace spirituality is increasingly recognized as a significant area of inquiry, studies exploring intersection of workplace spirituality and organizational performance has not been systematically consolidated (Karakas, 2010).”
The relationship between workplace spirituality and innovative work behavior: the mediating role of perceived person–organization fit (2015, background): “When individuals are treated fairly and their values are taken care of, they express greater job satisfaction (Marques 2006, Karakas 2010).”
The what, why, and how of spirituality in the workplace revisited: a 14-year update and extension (2016, background): “Indeed, Karakas (2010) suggests that the “fuzziness, ambiguity, and the complexity of the construct makes spirituality a difficult research topic to investigate” (91).”
Organizational Spirituality: Concept and Perspectives (2020, neutral): “Based on the lack of clarity and operationality in the existing concepts and the disagreement in the literature (Karakas 2010; Pawar 2017), there emerges the need to define the concept of organizational spirituality coherently to overcome this conceptual vagueness.”
Appreciation: a spiritual path to finding value and meaning in the workplace (2012, background): “They argued that appreciation fosters the creation of meaning, which is a key part of many definitions of spirituality (Karakas 2010).”