Exploring the Enactment of Spirituality at Workplace

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sania Zaheer Ali ◽  
Humera Manzoor ◽  
Wisal Ahmed ◽  
Usman Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Narrative Interviews ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Symbolic Leadership

Workplace spirituality is of interest to the organizational scientists since many years. But substantial research on workplace spirituality is conceptual in nature. Hence, theories developed through these conceptual papers can be misleading if they are not backed by empirical research. The aim of this research paper was to embark on a qualitative empirical research to explore how spirituality is enacted at workplace; how it can enhance the experience of employees; and what are the factors which foster workplace spirituality. The ontological stance is subjective and epistemological stanceis interpretivist. Data was collected though semi structured narrative interviews from 25 employees working in the head office of a not-for-profit organization. Finding shows that spirituality is enactedin the emerging themes of strong leadership, strong organizational culture, value driven nature of work and humanism. It contributes theoretically by empirically exploring factors like trust and respect, symbolic leadership and strong organizational culture as the constituents of workplace spirituality and methodologically by studying the subjective depth of workplace spirituality through narrative interviews which has also been the call of many researchers. Keywords: Workplace spirituality, qualitative inquiry, not-for-profit organizations.

L'alternativa ai pacchetti tutto compreso nei paesi arabi: a favore di un "ricco outgoing"?

2009 ◽  
pp. 87-113
Author(s):  
Maria Gabriella Baldarelli
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Enterprise Culture ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Civil Economy ◽  
Responsible Tourism

- This paper has the objective to analyse responsible tourism in destinations where anthropological and enterprise culture is very different from European one. These differences don't influence base common principles such as the spreading of alternative/ responsible tourism instead of mass tourism. The empirical research opened our mind to understand several experiences, Italian and international ones, that we find very interesting, because they involve countries where poverty and emigration are very strong. We analysed some cases that take part of Civil Economy network. They are involving for profit entities, not for profit and ong ones. Finally we consider some factors of Fair Trade important key factors to activate entities solidarity actions.

Leadership vision, organizational culture, and support for innovation in not‐for‐profit and for‐profit organizations

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Sarros ◽  
Brian K. Cooper ◽  
Joseph C. Santora
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships among leadership vision, organizational culture, and support for innovation in not‐for‐profit (NFP) and FP organizations. It hypothesizes that in NFPs, a socially responsible cultural orientation mediates the relationship between leadership vision and organizational support for innovation, whereas in FPs, a competitive cultural orientation mediates this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThis is an empirical study that draws upon a large survey of 1,448 managers and senior executives who are members of the Australian Institute of Management.FindingsPath analytic modelling provides partial support for the hypotheses. Although the predicted mediation effects occurred in NFPs and FPs, the strength of relationship between leadership vision and the two dimensions of organizational culture did not differ between the sectors. This was despite the observation that NFPs scored higher on a socially responsible cultural orientation than FPs, whereas FPs scored higher on a competitive cultural orientation.Practical implicationsStrategies for building innovative and sustainable organizations in the NFP sector are discussed on the basis of these findings.Originality/valueThe paper describes the first study in Australia that compares the responses of NFP and FP managers on leadership and related constructs, and provides evidence of the impact of organizational culture on leadership and innovation in these two sectors.

scholarly journals Credit Counselling in Canada: An Empirical Examination

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Stephanie Ben-Ishai ◽  
Saul Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Debt Relief ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Do So

Abstract When debt becomes unmanageable, two options for a consumer debtor in Canada are: (1) enlisting the services of a bankruptcy trustee, and (2) becoming a client of a not-for-profit credit counselling agency. Each of these options is regulated differently and has public and private dimensions. At first glance, these two options might seem to illustrate the potential of multiple legal orders to better serve the public. In this paper, however, we argue, based on empirical research on the credit counselling industry, that while this pluralism has potential to facilitate debt relief in Canada, it has failed to do so. The lines between public and private options have been blurred to the point where they are difficult to discern, and the consumer debtor is ultimately disadvantaged.

The Development of Not-For-Profit Hospital Cost Models

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Greg M. Thibadoux ◽  
Nicholas Apostolou ◽  
Ira S. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Cost ◽  
Cost Models ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit

10. Designing an online curriculum supporting risk management and patient safety

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
T. Gondocz ◽  
G. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Online Curriculum ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Managing Risk

The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) is a not for profit mutual defence organization with a mandate to provide medico-legal assistance to physician members and to educate health professionals on managing risk and enhancing patient safety. To expand the outreach to its 72,000 member physicians, the CMPA built an online learning curriculum of risk management and patient safety materials in 2006. These activities are mapped to the real needs of members ensuring the activities are relevant. Eight major categories were developed containing both online courses and articles. Each course and article is mapped to the RCPSC's CanMEDS roles and the CFPC's Four Principles. This poster shares the CMPA’s experience in designing an online patient safety curriculum within the context of medico-legal risk management and provides an inventory of materials linked to the CanMEDS roles. Our formula for creation of an online curriculum included basing the educational content on real needs of member physicians; using case studies to teach concepts; and, monitoring and evaluating process and outcomes. The objectives are to explain the benefits of curricular approach for course planning across the continuum in medical education; outline the utility of the CanMEDS roles in organizing the risk management and patient safety medical education curriculum; describe the progress of CMPA's online learning system; and, outline the potential for moving the curriculum of online learning materials and resources into medical schools.

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