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Burgeoning workplace spirituality? A textual analysis of momentum and directions

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This paper provides a text‐based exploration of the extant discourse of workplace spirituality. A bibliometric analysis of more than two decades of books (n = 72), social science articles (n = 3129) and management articles (n = 232) is undertaken to examine the general trajectory of the phenomenon. A narrative approach, based on thematic analysis, is also applied to the sample of books. The analysis reveals a marked increase in workplace spirituality output in recent years and a classification of contributions based upon three dominant discursive themes (i.e. self‐help, spiritual leadership, and institutional and social change) is presented. The implications for future spiritually informed work in management are also discussed.

Keywords: bibliometrics; discourse; management; spirituality

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Publication date: 01 March 2009

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