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Aspects of the workplace, either in the individual, the group, or the organization, which promote individual feelings of satisfaction through transcendence.
Introduction
Interest in issues of spirituality, particularly as related to the workplace, has grown rapidly over the past two decades and has moved from theoretical conceptions to definitions to measurements. Workplace spirituality is generally understood as either a set of static qualities that organizations may or may not possess to varying degrees or traits that change little if at all over time, such as benevolence, generativity, and gratitude (Giacalone and Jurkiewicz 2010b). The other approach views workplace spirituality as a dynamic set of skills or capacities that can change in conjunction with the external environment. The forces driving this growing level of inquiry are (1) a recognition that younger...
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Jurkiewicz, C.L. (2017). Workplace Spirituality. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2755-1
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