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Measure for Workplace spirituality

  • 1.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-05-2010 19:21
     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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  • 2.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-05-2010 22:36

    Ashwini,

    My colleague, Cindy Wigglesworth of Deep Change, has an assessment for individuals of their Spiritual Intelligence.  You can reach her website at www.deepchange.com.

     

    Also, my colleague Dr. Louis (Jodi) Fry has an assessment of the spiritual leadership of a company.  You can reach his website at http://www.iispiritualleadership.com/

     

    Best regards,

     

    Kristin Robertson

    Cultural Transformation consultant, executive coach and speaker

    Brio Leadership

    www.brioleadership.com

    kristin@brioleadership.com

    817-577-7030

    How can we help you thrive using values-based leadership?

     

     

     

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 6:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     


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  • 3.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-06-2010 10:27

    Hi Ashwini,

     

    Two instruments you should look at are the Workplace Spirituality measure by Val Kinjerski, and the Leadership Spirituality measure by Jody Fry.  Another one to consider would be the Spiritual Intelligence Assessment by Cindy Wigglesworth. 

    Jody and Val are both on this list, and anyone of us can put you in touch with Cindy Wigglesworth.

     

    I hope you will consider submitting your dissertation proposal to the MSR Promising Dissertation award.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Judi Neal, Ph.D.

    Director, Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace

    Sam M. Walton College of Business

    University of Arkansas

    One at University of Arkansas

    Fayetteville, AR 72701

    +1 479-575-3721 office

    +1 479-304-8834 mobile

    Email: Jneal@walton.uark.edu

    Website:  http://tfsw.uark.edu

    Author:  "Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground" (Praeger 2006), www.edgewalkers.org

     

     

     

    God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called.

     

     

     

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 6:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     


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  • 4.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-06-2010 10:59

    Hello Ashwini.

     

    Good for you for doing research in this most important area.

     

    I have developed the Spirit at Work Scale (SAWS) and have found positive correlations with organizational commitment, organizational culture and job satisfaction.  Go to http://www.kaizensolutions.org/publications.htm  for copies of  "Measuring the Intangible" and the "Promise of Spirit at Work" which reports on a study we did in health care.

     

    For his dissertation, (Nong) Passagorn Tevichapong used the SAWS to study the relationship between SAW and employee work attitudes and organizational outcomes. He found a positive correlation between SAWS and job satisfaction, job identification, psychological wellbeing, in-role performance as rated by the individual and their supervisor, and OCB as rated by the individual and their supervisors. A negative relationship was found with turnover intentions. I believe that Nong received the most promising dissertation award in 2009.

     

    For his dissertation, (Mitch) James Stevinson used the SAWS to study the relationship between Spirit at Work and Job Satisfaction, Organization Commitment, helping behaviours and voice behaviours. Correlations were found between SAW and all four work related outcomes. Moreover, a distinct, mediated path exists between spirit at work            organization commitment            helping / voice behaviours. But not so for job satisfaction.

     

    Recently I looked at the relationship between SAW and work related outcomes for financial officers. Unlike Nong and Mitch, I only found a small positive correlation between SAW and OCBI, OCBO, and IRB, but a moderate negative correlation between SAWS and Presenteeism and Intention to Quit. I have not published this yet.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

     

    Val
    --------------------------------------------
    Val Kinjerski, PhD
    Employee Engagement and Spirit at Work

    Consultant, Facilitator and Speaker

    Kaizen Solutions for Human Services
    Ph. (780) 459-2588

     

    Author of Rethinking Your Work &

    Rethinking Your Work Guidebook

     

     

    For more information and to order: www.rethinkingyourwork.com/about-the-book/

    Website: www.kaizensolutions.org

    Blog: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Sign up for our Rethinking Your Work monthly newsletter: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

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    "To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than one's self."  Will Durant

     

     

     

     

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 5:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     

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  • 5.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-06-2010 11:21
    Ashwini,

    My experience with spirituality and religion measures has not been very positive, though I've used a few myself and later regretted it.  There is a huge volume, Measures of Religiosity, that has many measures to it, and Douglas MacDonald and his colleague reviewed measures in two different articles in the (as I recall) Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. MacDonald's measure in the Journal of Personality and Fry's Spiritual Leadership Scale have been subjected to some of the more rigorous investigations, but neither of these is a generic measure of workplace spirituality--one is generic spirituality, the other leadership. There is also the DUREL scale by Koenig, which measures religiosity and has been used for at least a decade.

    With no intent to offend or attack any particular measure, my observation has been that while there are many measures of religion and spirituality, the number of measures that have been subjected to rigorous scrutiny are few.  As with anything in our field, the safest measures are in the top business and/or psych journals--so, you can cross-verify what you find against your list of the better journals. You'll find many measures in lesser known journals--some of these might work very well in classes for self-assessment, experiential exercises, but won't cut muster in the journals.

    Best regards,

    Bob


    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 6:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     


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  • 6.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-06-2010 12:06
    Hello Ashwini:
     
    I am also a doctoral student interested in the topic of workplace spirituality for my dissertation. I am close to finishing my coursework, and I am looking to begin the dissertation process this spring. I am most interested in examining and measuring the differences in generational attitudes toward workplace spirituality. I have looked at instruments developed by Ashmos and Duchon (1999), as well as Elkins, Hedstrom, Hughes, Leaf, and Saunders (1988). Have you looked into either of those? I will include the references below.
     
    I would appreciate hearing about your experience with the topic as you progress!
     
    Best Regards,
    Robin Anderton, MBA 
     
    References

     

    Ashmos, D.P., & Duchon, D. (2000). Spirituality at work: A conceptualization and measure. Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2), 134-145.  Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 54883215).

     

    Elkins, D.N., Hedstrom, L.L., Leaf, A.J., & Saunders, C. (1988). Toward a humanistic-phenomenological spirituality: Definition, description, and measurement. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 28: 5-18. doi: 10.1177/0022167888284002.

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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  • 7.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-06-2010 12:42

    Robin, excellent research topic.

     

    I, too, expected to see a difference between the generations and their experience of spirit at work. I was surprised to find little difference in how the different generations experienced spirit at work, work performance or intention to quit. Having said that, out of a sample of 440, only 9 people fell into the gen X category.

     

    I look forward to your results.

     

    Val
    --------------------------------------------
    Val Kinjerski, PhD
    Employee Engagement and Spirit at Work

    Consultant, Facilitator and Speaker

    Kaizen Solutions for Human Services
    Ph. (780) 459-2588

     

    Author of Rethinking Your Work &

    Rethinking Your Work Guidebook

     

     

    For more information and to order: www.rethinkingyourwork.com/about-the-book/

    Website: www.kaizensolutions.org

    Blog: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Sign up for our Rethinking Your Work monthly newsletter: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Join me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/valkinjerski

    Follow me on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ValKinjerski

     

    "To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than one's self."  Will Durant

     

     

     

     

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve & Robin Anderton
    Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:06 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

    Hello Ashwini:

     

    I am also a doctoral student interested in the topic of workplace spirituality for my dissertation. I am close to finishing my coursework, and I am looking to begin the dissertation process this spring. I am most interested in examining and measuring the differences in generational attitudes toward workplace spirituality. I have looked at instruments developed by Ashmos and Duchon (1999), as well as Elkins, Hedstrom, Hughes, Leaf, and Saunders (1988). Have you looked into either of those? I will include the references below.

     

    I would appreciate hearing about your experience with the topic as you progress!

     

    Best Regards,

    Robin Anderton, MBA 

     

    References

     

    Ashmos, D.P., & Duchon, D. (2000). Spirituality at work: A conceptualization and measure. Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2), 134-145.  Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 54883215).

     

    Elkins, D.N., Hedstrom, L.L., Leaf, A.J., & Saunders, C. (1988). Toward a humanistic-phenomenological spirituality: Definition, description, and measurement. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 28: 5-18. doi: 10.1177/0022167888284002.

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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  • 8.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-06-2010 15:07
    Dr. Kinjerski:
     
    Thank you so much for your response. I am familiar with one of your published works, "Defining Spirit at Work: Finding Common Ground". I am sorry to say, I am not familiar with your work having to do with the generations, although I have just begun to look into the topic. May I have the name of that study, and may I also ask you if have any suggestions for future research on the topic?
    Again, thank you so much for your response, I greatly appreciate it.
     
    Best Regards,
     
    Robin
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Val Kinjerski
    Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 12:42 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Robin, excellent research topic.

     

    I, too, expected to see a difference between the generations and their experience of spirit at work. I was surprised to find little difference in how the different generations experienced spirit at work, work performance or intention to quit. Having said that, out of a sample of 440, only 9 people fell into the gen X category.

     

    I look forward to your results.

     

    Val
    --------------------------------------------
    Val Kinjerski, PhD
    Employee Engagement and Spirit at Work

    Consultant, Facilitator and Speaker

    Kaizen Solutions for Human Services
    Ph. (780) 459-2588

     

    Author of Rethinking Your Work &

    Rethinking Your Work Guidebook

     

     

    For more information and to order: www.rethinkingyourwork.com/about-the-book/

    Website: www.kaizensolutions.org

    Blog: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Sign up for our Rethinking Your Work monthly newsletter: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Join me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/valkinjerski

    Follow me on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ValKinjerski

     

    "To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than one's self."  Will Durant

     

     

     

     

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve & Robin Anderton
    Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:06 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

    Hello Ashwini:

     

    I am also a doctoral student interested in the topic of workplace spirituality for my dissertation. I am close to finishing my coursework, and I am looking to begin the dissertation process this spring. I am most interested in examining and measuring the differences in generational attitudes toward workplace spirituality. I have looked at instruments developed by Ashmos and Duchon (1999), as well as Elkins, Hedstrom, Hughes, Leaf, and Saunders (1988). Have you looked into either of those? I will include the references below.

     

    I would appreciate hearing about your experience with the topic as you progress!

     

    Best Regards,

    Robin Anderton, MBA 

     

    References

     

    Ashmos, D.P., & Duchon, D. (2000). Spirituality at work: A conceptualization and measure. Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2), 134-145.  Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 54883215).

     

    Elkins, D.N., Hedstrom, L.L., Leaf, A.J., & Saunders, C. (1988). Toward a humanistic-phenomenological spirituality: Definition, description, and measurement. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 28: 5-18. doi: 10.1177/0022167888284002.

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality


    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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  • 9.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-06-2010 23:54
    Dear Ashwini,

    My best wishes to you in your research journey. As a student of OD and in my humble efforts of  research in spirituality I experienced this a fulfilling pursuit at personal life also.

    As far as measures are concerned they have utility and also limitations. An wholesome experience like spirituality is difficulty to be captured in measurement tools. Nevertheless instruments if developed with sufficient intellectual rigor can have significant 'indicative value'. Meaning of 'indicative value' is that scores can indicate towards some thing deeper than intellect. In Indian (Advait) philososophy spirituality is considered deeper than intellect and logical intelligence.

    Very basic tenet of developing measurement is that there is some construct which can be broken into sub construct which in turn can be measured and give a final score on the main construct. Precisely it works on analytical approach of research. But as a researcher we know that 'only' analysis can't reveal the reality. Ken Wilber's statement is valuable in this regards that 'surface is to be analysed and depth is to be interpreted'.

    Along with the scales what Judith and other scholars have mention a review paper on spirituality measure which I found comprehensive is of Douglas A. MacDonald Spirituality: Description, Measurement, and Relation to the Five Factor Model of Personality in Journal of Personality 68:1, February 2000.

    With Prof. Rajen Gupta I have developed a spirituality measurement at collective level (Spiritual Climate). This work may be of interest to you.
    Pandey, A., Gupta, R.K. and Arora, A.P. (2009), Spiritual Climate of Business
    Organizations and Its Impact on Customers' Experience, in Journal of Business
    Ethics, Vol. 88, pp. 313-332.

    Two other works are of qualitative and conceptual in nature which you may find of some use are:
     Pandey, A. and Gupta, R. K. (2008) 'A perspective of Collective Consciousness
    of Business Organization' in Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, Vol. 80, Iss. 4,
    pp. 889-898.


    Pandey, A. and Gupta, R. K. (2008). Spirituality in Management: Review of
    Traditional and Contemporary Literature and Agenda for Future Research, Global
    Business Review, Sage Pub., Vol. 9, Iss. 1, pp. 65-84,

    with very best wishes,
    Ashish

    Ashish Pandey
    (Fellow, M.D.I., Gurgaon)
    Faculty,
    Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management,
    Indian Institute of Technology, (I.I.T.)Mumbai.
    e mail: ashish.pandey@iitb.ac.in
    Phone:+91-22-25767792
    Mob.: +91-09371613568


    Truth,Beauty and Goodness: The Goal and the Path
    On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Ashwini Gangadharan <agangadharan@broncs.utpa.edu> wrote:
     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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  • 10.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-07-2010 02:16
    Thank you for sharing Ashish
    ___________________________________
    Dr. Annabel Droussiotis, Associate Professor
    Department of Management and MIS
    Campus Program Coordinator - School of Business Administration
    Intercollege, Limassol
    92 Ayias Philaxeos, P.O.Box 51604
    Limassol, 3507
    Cyprus
    Tel:  +357-25381180
    Fax:  +357-25386982
     
    ----- Original Message -----
    Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 6:54 AM
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Dear Ashwini,

    My best wishes to you in your research journey. As a student of OD and in my humble efforts of  research in spirituality I experienced this a fulfilling pursuit at personal life also.

    As far as measures are concerned they have utility and also limitations. An wholesome experience like spirituality is difficulty to be captured in measurement tools. Nevertheless instruments if developed with sufficient intellectual rigor can have significant 'indicative value'. Meaning of 'indicative value' is that scores can indicate towards some thing deeper than intellect. In Indian (Advait) philososophy spirituality is considered deeper than intellect and logical intelligence.

    Very basic tenet of developing measurement is that there is some construct which can be broken into sub construct which in turn can be measured and give a final score on the main construct. Precisely it works on analytical approach of research. But as a researcher we know that 'only' analysis can't reveal the reality. Ken Wilber's statement is valuable in this regards that 'surface is to be analysed and depth is to be interpreted'.

    Along with the scales what Judith and other scholars have mention a review paper on spirituality measure which I found comprehensive is of Douglas A. MacDonald Spirituality: Description, Measurement, and Relation to the Five Factor Model of Personality in Journal of Personality 68:1, February 2000.

    With Prof. Rajen Gupta I have developed a spirituality measurement at collective level (Spiritual Climate). This work may be of interest to you.
    Pandey, A., Gupta, R.K. and Arora, A.P. (2009), Spiritual Climate of Business
    Organizations and Its Impact on Customers' Experience, in Journal of Business
    Ethics, Vol. 88, pp. 313-332.

    Two other works are of qualitative and conceptual in nature which you may find of some use are:
     Pandey, A. and Gupta, R. K. (2008) 'A perspective of Collective Consciousness
    of Business Organization' in Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, Vol. 80, Iss. 4,
    pp. 889-898.


    Pandey, A. and Gupta, R. K. (2008). Spirituality in Management: Review of
    Traditional and Contemporary Literature and Agenda for Future Research, Global
    Business Review, Sage Pub., Vol. 9, Iss. 1, pp. 65-84,

    with very best wishes,
    Ashish

    Ashish Pandey
    (Fellow, M.D.I., Gurgaon)
    Faculty,
    Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management,
    Indian Institute of Technology, (I.I.T.)Mumbai.
    e mail: ashish.pandey@iitb.ac.in
    Phone:+91-22-25767792
    Mob.: +91-09371613568


    Truth,Beauty and Goodness: The Goal and the Path
    On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Ashwini Gangadharan <agangadharan@broncs.utpa.edu> wrote:

    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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  • 11.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-09-2010 00:29
    Dear Scholars,
     
    Thank you one and all for the guidance and suggestions provided to me on my research endeavor. They were really helpful.
    Appreciate it !!  I have attached the list of all the measures I recieved as responses incase it may help any of us.

    I look forward to your support in future too.
     
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



     

    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:42:20 -0700
    From: val@KAIZENSOLUTIONS.ORG
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU

    Robin, excellent research topic.

     

    I, too, expected to see a difference between the generations and their experience of spirit at work. I was surprised to find little difference in how the different generations experienced spirit at work, work performance or intention to quit. Having said that, out of a sample of 440, only 9 people fell into the gen X category.

     

    I look forward to your results.

     

    Val
    --------------------------------------------
    Val Kinjerski, PhD
    Employee Engagement and Spirit at Work

    Consultant, Facilitator and Speaker

    Kaizen Solutions for Human Services
    Ph. (780) 459-2588

     

    Author of Rethinking Your Work &

    Rethinking Your Work Guidebook

     

     

    For more information and to order: www.rethinkingyourwork.com/about-the-book/

    Website: www.kaizensolutions.org

    Blog: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Sign up for our Rethinking Your Work monthly newsletter: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Join me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/valkinjerski

    Follow me on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ValKinjerski

     

    "To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than one's self."  Will Durant

     

     

     

     

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve & Robin Anderton
    Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:06 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

    Hello Ashwini:

     

    I am also a doctoral student interested in the topic of workplace spirituality for my dissertation. I am close to finishing my coursework, and I am looking to begin the dissertation process this spring. I am most interested in examining and measuring the differences in generational attitudes toward workplace spirituality. I have looked at instruments developed by Ashmos and Duchon (1999), as well as Elkins, Hedstrom, Hughes, Leaf, and Saunders (1988). Have you looked into either of those? I will include the references below.

     

    I would appreciate hearing about your experience with the topic as you progress!

     

    Best Regards,

    Robin Anderton, MBA 

     

    References

     

    Ashmos, D.P., & Duchon, D. (2000). Spirituality at work: A conceptualization and measure. Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2), 134-145.  Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 54883215).

     

    Elkins, D.N., Hedstrom, L.L., Leaf, A.J., & Saunders, C. (1988). Toward a humanistic-phenomenological spirituality: Definition, description, and measurement. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 28: 5-18. doi: 10.1177/0022167888284002.

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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  • 12.  Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Posted 12-09-2010 12:34
    Thanks for sharing this, Ashwini. I was trying to keep up as they flew through!

    All the best to you!

    Jaye

    Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

    From: Ashwini Gangadharan <agangadharan@BRONCS.UTPA.EDU>
    Sender: "Management, Spirituality & Religion" <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:29:29 -0600
    ReplyTo: "Management, Spirituality & Religion" <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality

    Dear Scholars,
     
    Thank you one and all for the guidance and suggestions provided to me on my research endeavor. They were really helpful.
    Appreciate it !!  I have attached the list of all the measures I recieved as responses incase it may help any of us.

    I look forward to your support in future too.
     
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



     

    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:42:20 -0700
    From: val@KAIZENSOLUTIONS.ORG
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU

    Robin, excellent research topic.

     

    I, too, expected to see a difference between the generations and their experience of spirit at work. I was surprised to find little difference in how the different generations experienced spirit at work, work performance or intention to quit. Having said that, out of a sample of 440, only 9 people fell into the gen X category.

     

    I look forward to your results.

     

    Val
    --------------------------------------------
    Val Kinjerski, PhD
    Employee Engagement and Spirit at Work

    Consultant, Facilitator and Speaker

    Kaizen Solutions for Human Services
    Ph. (780) 459-2588

     

    Author of Rethinking Your Work &

    Rethinking Your Work Guidebook

     

     

    For more information and to order: www.rethinkingyourwork.com/about-the-book/

    Website: www.kaizensolutions.org

    Blog: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Sign up for our Rethinking Your Work monthly newsletter: www.rethinkingyourwork.com

    Join me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/valkinjerski

    Follow me on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ValKinjerski

     

    "To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than one's self."  Will Durant

     

     

     

     

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve & Robin Anderton
    Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:06 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     

    Hello Ashwini:

     

    I am also a doctoral student interested in the topic of workplace spirituality for my dissertation. I am close to finishing my coursework, and I am looking to begin the dissertation process this spring. I am most interested in examining and measuring the differences in generational attitudes toward workplace spirituality. I have looked at instruments developed by Ashmos and Duchon (1999), as well as Elkins, Hedstrom, Hughes, Leaf, and Saunders (1988). Have you looked into either of those? I will include the references below.

     

    I would appreciate hearing about your experience with the topic as you progress!

     

    Best Regards,

    Robin Anderton, MBA 

     

    References

     

    Ashmos, D.P., & Duchon, D. (2000). Spirituality at work: A conceptualization and measure. Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2), 134-145.  Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 54883215).

     

    Elkins, D.N., Hedstrom, L.L., Leaf, A.J., & Saunders, C. (1988). Toward a humanistic-phenomenological spirituality: Definition, description, and measurement. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 28: 5-18. doi: 10.1177/0022167888284002.

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion [mailto:MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ashwini Gangadharan
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:21 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Measure for Workplace spirituality

     
    Dear Scholar,
     
    Warm Greetings !
     
    I am very interested in the area of MSR and currently working on papers looking at linking spirituality to OB like OCB and workplace incivility. This area of research is very new to me. I am looking for a good measure which can be used to measure workplace spirituality. I will really appreciate if any of you could guide me through this.   
     
    Looking forward to your reply. 

    Thank you .
     
    Regards ,
    Ashwini Gangadharan
    Doctoral Student,Department of Management 
    College of Business Administration 
    University of Texas-Pan American
    1201 W University Dr
    Edinburg, TX 78541
    Phone : 9568020645 
     



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