Theorizing the Dark Side of the Workplace Spirituality Movement
- 22 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Management Inquiry
- Vol. 18 (4), 288-300
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492609339017
Abstract
This article constructs an alternative analytic lens by which to consider the “everyone wins” conclusions drawn within most workplace spirituality (WPS) research. The article offers a critical 2 × 2 matrix that makes visible two potentially negative organizational dimensions of WPS: control and instrumentality. The article investigates into the four quadrants of WPS: seduction, evangelization, manipulation, and subjugation, through practical examples. It concludes with implications for the workplace and offers an agenda for future research.Keywords
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