You might want to look at stages of spiritual development or maturity.
I think of Ken Wilbur: WILBUR, Ken, Integral Spirituality: A Startling
New Role for Religions in the Modern and Postmodern World, Integral
Books, Boston MA, 2006, ISBN-13:978-1-59030-346-6. Or Fry, L. W. &
Kriger, M. (2009). Towards a being-centered theory of leadership:
Multiple levels of being as context for effective leadership. Human
Relations, 62 (11), 1667*1696.
Andre Delbecq
Andre L. Delbecq, D.B.A.
J. Thomas and Katheen L. McCarthy University Professor
Department of Management
Leavey School of Business
216M Lucas Hall
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
e mail:
adelbecq@scu.edu
Tel 408 554 4629
>>> Woodrow Lucas <
woodrow.lucas.vanderbilt@GMAIL.COM> 07/20/10 8:31 AM
>>>
Dear Colleagues,
I am working on an article that tries to quantitatively establish the
strength of correlation between intensity of religious devotion as
measured
by the General Social Survey and workplace performance also measured by
the
General Social Survey, when this relationship is moderated by the
category
of industry/occupation, which can also be found in the general social
survey
data. The logic behind this analysis, is that for certain occupational
categories such as "clergy positions" strong religious devotion may be a
benefit, but in other occupational categories such as
"finance/investment
banking" which are highly secularized then strong religious devotion may
need to be hidden/repressed consequently leading to "emotional labor"
which
may severely impede performance.
In this case strength of religious devotion is one of 3 dimensions of a
construct which I term, “religious conviction”. I establish religious
conviction as having 3 major dimensions: 1) religious devotion, as in
ecclesial visitations, prayer frequency, and attachment to living
religious
principles, 2) Religious content, as in the beliefs contained within
said
conviction such as “Allah is God alone, Muhammad is his prophet and
Jesus is
his prophet who is to return and bring justice, etc. etc.” 3) Strength
of
Religious Opinion, as in the extent to which one holds to the precepts
of
one’s religion ranging from “no real opinion and only tacit adherence”
all
the way to “Myopic obsession with the absolutely validity of one’s
worldview”.
The major problem with this project is that I created this “construct”
of
religious conviction only partially out of existing literature and
partially
out of my experience as a minister and student of theology. As a
consequence, I feel very uneasy about the extent to which my construct
of
"religious conviction" is sufficiently grounded in literature. I have
been
up and down the traditional on-line resources for articles and found
only 3
or 4 articles that get at even a tacit exposition of "religious
conviction". So before I venture into my school's Divinity Library in
search of a more multidimensional and representative
definition/definitions,
I thought that I might consult some folks who I believe might steer me
in
the right direction so as to make my search as efficient as possible.
Thank you in advance for any assistance which you can provide.
Thanks mucho,
Woody Lucas
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