TY - JOUR
T1 - Management, Spirituality, and Religion (MSR) Ways and Means
T2 - A Paper to Encourage Quality Research
AU - Tackney, Charles Thomas
AU - Chappell, Stacie F.
AU - Harris, Dan
AU - Pavlovich, Kathryn
AU - Egel, Eleftheria
AU - Major, Richard J.
AU - Finney, Mary
AU - Stoner, James
PY - 2017/7/3
Y1 - 2017/7/3
N2 - Despite 15 years of functioning as an interest group, our domain of inquiry is relatively young and there are limited theoretical boundaries to support, shape, and assist our efforts. This metaphorical “blank canvas” is both empowering, in that so many inquiries are open for exploration, and yet also limiting. In this document we highlight three critical elements to emphasize their importance in MSR research: (a) delineating and operationalizing the key terms of religion, spirituality, and workplace spirituality; (b) acknowledging the work to date in the MSR corpus around definitions of these terms, and (c) being explicit about how ontological and epistemological assumptions inform our methods. The intention is to encourage growth in the quality and rigor of our individual and collective scholarship.
AB - Despite 15 years of functioning as an interest group, our domain of inquiry is relatively young and there are limited theoretical boundaries to support, shape, and assist our efforts. This metaphorical “blank canvas” is both empowering, in that so many inquiries are open for exploration, and yet also limiting. In this document we highlight three critical elements to emphasize their importance in MSR research: (a) delineating and operationalizing the key terms of religion, spirituality, and workplace spirituality; (b) acknowledging the work to date in the MSR corpus around definitions of these terms, and (c) being explicit about how ontological and epistemological assumptions inform our methods. The intention is to encourage growth in the quality and rigor of our individual and collective scholarship.
KW - Ontology
KW - Epistemology
KW - Methodology
KW - Spirituality
KW - religion
KW - Management spirituality
KW - Ontology
KW - Epistemology
KW - Methodology
KW - Spirituality
KW - Religion
KW - Management spirituality
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U2 - 10.1080/14766086.2017.1316764
DO - 10.1080/14766086.2017.1316764
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85019619057
VL - 14
SP - 245
EP - 254
JO - Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion
JF - Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion
SN - 1476-6086
IS - 3
ER -