Quo Vadis: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

Jerry Biberman ()
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Jerry Biberman: University of Scranton

Chapter Chapter 40 in Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, 2013, pp 713-715 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It has now been over 20 years since those of us who have been interested in the topic of spirituality and work have begun writing academic articles and books on related topics. In this chapter, I would like to take a look at where I perceive us to be now and where I suggest we might go in the future. The general area of management, spirituality, and religion continues to mature as an academic area. I am concerned, however, that as the field continues to evolve, we may be losing some of the creativity and passion for the subject that appeared in early dissertations and articles. Some researchers, in their desire to have their publications appear in “top tier” journals or to have their work be more accepted by main stream management researchers and in their attempt to have their research be considered to be more “rigorous,” may begin to sacrifice their own creativity in designing research studies. A related concern is whether the research that we conduct and will be conducting will really have any real impact on the way managers in organizations actually behave, in the ways that organizations are structured, or in the strategies used by top management in organizations.

Keywords: Early Dissertations; Designing Research Studies; Academic Areas; Related Concern; Religion Area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5233-1_40

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