Measuring Religiosity and Workplace Spirituality in Pakistan: a Case Study of Armed Forces and University Teachers
Abstract
The article reviews workplace spirituality that began as a grass-root movement and has now become a philosophy used to better management in achieving its organizational goals. The concept however is still strange to countries like Pakistan which are swamped with ignorance and business myopia.The article finds out the extent to which the sectors like Pak. Army and Teaching are experiencing religiosity and workplace spirituality. For this, individuals have been selected from different age groups and positions and case study methodology has been implemented. The study finds out that both sectors experience spirituality and religiosity more or less to a certain extent but at the same time fail to identify any organization where workplace spirituality is being followed in letter and spirit. Key words: Religion; Workplace SpiritualityResumé: L'article passe en revue la spiritualité en milieu de travail en tant qu'un mouvement de base et elle est devenue maitenant une philosophie utilisée pour une meilleure gestion dans la réalisation de ses objectifs organisationnels. Le concept est cependant toujours inaccoutumé à des pays comme le Pakistan qui sont submergés par l'ignorance et la myopie des affaires.L'article decouvre l'ampleur dans laquelle les secteurs comme les Armées pakistanaise et l'enseignement connaissent la religiosité et la spiritualité en milieu de travail. Pour cela, des individus ont été choisis parmi des groupes d'âge et de position différents et une méthodologie de l'étude de cas a été mise en œuvre. L'étude conclut que les deux secteurs ont plus ou moins d'expérience de la spiritualité et de la religiosité dans une certaine mesure, mais en même temps, elle ne peut pas identifier aucune organisation où la spiritualité en milieu de travail est suivie littérallement ou spirituellement.Mots-clés: religion; spiritualité en milieu de travail
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