Bringing Religion to Work: Patterns and Influences of Work-Faith Integration
Human Relations, 64(5), 675-702. DOI 10.1177/0018726710386396
28 Pages Posted: 8 May 2016
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
Religiosity can significantly impact human behavior yet little is known about how religious belief and practice integrate with work. Using the Faith at Work Scale, we surveyed Christian workers in the United States (n = 374) and found that work-faith integration was positively associated with faith maturity, church attendance, age and denominational strictness, and negatively associated with organizational size. Denominational groups varied in their degree of integration but displayed similar patterns across dimensions of integration. Work-faith integration was manifest most strongly in integration related to the self, and somewhat less so in areas related to others and in transcendent aspects of work. Respondents attributed spiritual disciplines and workplace mentors as salient influences of work-faith integration. Implications for workplace spirituality scholarship and management are explored.
Keywords: denominational strictness, organizational behavior, religiosity, work-faith integration, work and religion, workplace faith, workplace spirituality
JEL Classification: M14
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