Ghosts in the machine: beliefs, values and worldviews in the workplace and business environment. Issue 4 (2nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baker, Chris; Power, Maria
• Is Part Of: Journal of beliefs & values. Volume 39:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 474
• Page End: 489
• Publication Date: 2018-10-02
• Subjects: Beliefs -- values and worldviews -- leadership -- Roman Catholic -- spiritual capital -- workplace; Religions -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; Religious education -- Periodicals; Values -- Periodicals; 200.1
• DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2018.1477705
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-7672

Abstract

Abstract: This paper analyses the role and impact of beliefs, values and worldviews (BVW) in the business and work-based environment, and how they are translated and negotiated in non-spiritual and non-sacred spaces. Based on pilot research with a cohort of English Roman Catholic employees and managers conducted within a retreat setting, and as part of a wider research project across religious and non-religious cohorts, the article traces an emerging framework identifying the different variables informing the relationship between BVW and public workplace settings. These variables include: how material structures of the workplace are shaped by the ethical and moral teachings generated by BVW; the close links between BVW (also known as spiritual capital) and agency in the business and work environment; the overlapping but also contrasting relationship between religious and non-religious BVW; and innovative and resilient forms of leadership and change management strategy generated by the reflective prioritising of BVW within these contexts.