Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 17 Issue 1

Research that matters: helping organizations integrate spiritual values and practices

Judi Neal, Jerry Biberman

This paper introduces the second issue of the special issue on research issues and research findings in spirituality in organizations. The first issue explored issues of…

Systems thinking's challenge to research in spirituality and religion at work: An interview with Ian Mitroff

Kathy Lund Dean

Empirical research in spirituality and religion in work (SRW) offers special challenges in construct conceptualization, operationalization, and data analysis. For this special…

Defining spirit at work: finding common ground

Val M. Kinjerski, Berna J. Skrypnek

Debate over the definition of “spirit at work” continues in both the popular and academic literatures. The lack of a clear, accepted definition has hindered the development of…

The contemplative organization

Maia Duerr

As part of a qualitative research project to map the use of contemplative practices in secular settings, in‐depth interviews were conducted with 79 people who have founded or lead…

Constructs, methods, and measures for researching spirituality in organizations

Dennis P. Heaton, Jane Schmidt‐Wilk, Frederick Travis

Clarifying constructs, methods, and measures for systematic research can advance knowledge about spirituality in organizations. In this paper, we define constructs of pure…

The measurement of religiosity and spirituality: Examples and issues from psychology

James E. King, Martha R. Crowther

After a history of mostly ambivalence and neglect, organization‐focused research has shown a steadily growing interest in religiosity and spirituality over the past decade. While…

Creating Leaderful Organizations: How to Bring Out Leadership in Everyone

Scott Chilton