Best Scholarly Paper Award

2025 Award Winners

Sharda Nandram, Gunjan Joshi. Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands, Raysa Rocha, University of Essex, UK
Academic Freedom as Collective Capability: DEI and Spiritual Practices in Higher Education. This paper has been nominated for the Dexter Award.

Vineet Arora, Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur, India  Amit Shukla, India
The Role of Spirituality in Remote Workers’ Well-being and Quiet Quitting Behaviors.


Nicholas Burton & Nicholas Wong, Northumbria University, UK  Allan Discuacruz,. UK Andrew Smith, University of Birmingham, UK
Understanding the Relationship Between Managers’ Belief in Big Gods and Firm Reputation.


Ruben Van Werven & Simon Parker, UK, Amit Nigam , University of London, UK
Bible Backers: How Taken-For-Granted Assumptions Changed in The Church of England.


Vrinda Khattar & Upasna Agarwal, Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai;.John Merin Litty
Fear knocked; faith answered: A sense-making perspective of Indian Women Entrepreneurs’success.


Tracy Chang, Rutgers University, Corina Zhao,Teachers College of Columbia University; Marcella Zoccoli, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Developing Conscious Government Leaders in India through the Inner Engineering Leadership Program.


Puneet Bindlish, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Sharda Nandram, Nyenrode Business University, Satinder Dhiman,,Woodbury University, Dharm Prakash Sharma Bhawuk,USA
Showcase Symposium: Dharma-Inspired Management: Bridging Spirituality, Ethics and Leadership



2024 Award Winners

Tianyuan Yu Mount Saint Vincent U. 
Towards a Zen-Informed Spiritual Research Paradigm: Philosophy, Methodology, and Evaluation Criteria

Mustafa Kavas, Sheffield U. Management School  Tom Buckley, Senior Lecturer in International Business: Alex Wright Audencia Business School
Exploring the Role of Religious Rituals in Family Firm Identity Work: An Ethnographic Study


Eirik Aadland Tappel, VID Specialized U.  Beate Jelstad Lovaas, VID Specialized U. Thomas Hoholm, BI Norwegian Business School
Collaborative Social Innovation in Shared Spaces  


2023 Award Winners

Stuart A. Allen Erin Whitney G. Moore
Organizations’ Faith Dispositions and Support for Employees’ Health and Well-being during COVID-19
 


2022 Award Winners

Denise Daniels & Marcus Brauer
Workplace Spirituality and the Tension Between Profit and People: The ServiceMaster Case
 

2021 Award Winners

Nicola Dillard & Christina Walker
Black Mothers at Work: A Contemplative & Anti-Oppressive Approach to Dismantle Workplace Oppression

Shazia Nauman, Sania Zahra Malik & Farida Saleem
How Emotional Labor Harms Employee's Performance: Unleashing the Missing Links

Jorge Linuesa-Langero, Pablo Ruiz-Palmino & Dioni Elche-Hortelano
How Servant Leaders Fuel Team Effectiveness: A Multilevel Mediation Model
 

2020 Award Winner

Mercurio Zachary - Colorado State University
The Lived Experience of Meaningful and Meaningless Work in a Stigmatized Occupation