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  • 1.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-01-2015 05:00
    Dear MSR listserve community:

    First, thanks to Lee Robbins for his time and thoughts about the MSR founding. Comments from additional contributors enriched the conversation considerably - so thanks to each of you as well. Should other founding points come to mind, these remain most welcome. We'll likely return to the founding theme again, based on this first MSR listserv community chat.

    2. I've recently learned that Margaret Benefiel not only was an early contributor to MSR, but was also brave enough to submit her very first AOM scholarly paper submission to MSR: 2001, was it? As the AOM 2016 filing deadline slowly creeps up on us all, this seems a nice time to ask her to share her thoughts about the decision for AOM in general and MSR in particular.

    The 2016 MSR Doctoral Consortium participants will certainly recognize Margaret's name and role in that session, organized by Julie Burkey. Margaret authored a paper with two others that offers a fine assessment of the field:

    Benefiel, M.; Fry, L.W.; and D. Geigle (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: history, theory, and research. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 6:3. 175 - 178.

    - This is a paper sure to strengthen any form of AOM 2016 contribution being planned.

    3. So, hello Margaret. You and I have met at Boston Friends meetings and the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College, but I've yet to hear how a successful academic and consulting practitioner gets the courage to submit her very first Academy paper to a new Interest Group called Management Spirituality and Religion. What's the story?

    Best,
    Charlie


  • 2.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-01-2015 10:44
    Just a minor edit to prior: it should be the 2015 Doctoral Consortium session, not 2016....

    < ooops, sorry. >
    Charlie


  • 3.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-04-2015 03:44
    Charlie, thanks for asking this question. I actually came into the Academy of Management from another field. My background is in the field of spirituality, and my scholarship had been focused on spirituality and organizational leadership for a number of years. Friends (Rita Weathersby and Jim McGee) had told me I should get involved in the Academy of Management, because there was more interest there in my topic, in the new MSR group, than there was in the American Academy of Religion, which had been my primary academic home.

    So I submitted a paper to the MSR group in 2001. It was an overview of the field (like the article you mention below; I seem to be drawn to overviews of the field). My paper was accepted and Lee Robbins sent me reviewers' comments to help me improve the paper. I found the comments very helpful, reworked the paper, and presented it. It was great fun for me to meet, in the audience, many of the people I quoted and mentioned in the paper. I had entered a community of others who cared about the same weird (in some people's mind) mixture of things that I cared about.

    ________________________________________
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Charles Thomas Tackney <cttack@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 9:00 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Dear MSR listserve community:

    First, thanks to Lee Robbins for his time and thoughts about the MSR founding. Comments from additional contributors enriched the conversation considerably - so thanks to each of you as well. Should other founding points come to mind, these remain most welcome. We'll likely return to the founding theme again, based on this first MSR listserv community chat.

    2. I've recently learned that Margaret Benefiel not only was an early contributor to MSR, but was also brave enough to submit her very first AOM scholarly paper submission to MSR: 2001, was it? As the AOM 2016 filing deadline slowly creeps up on us all, this seems a nice time to ask her to share her thoughts about the decision for AOM in general and MSR in particular.

    The 2016 MSR Doctoral Consortium participants will certainly recognize Margaret's name and role in that session, organized by Julie Burkey. Margaret authored a paper with two others that offers a fine assessment of the field:

    Benefiel, M.; Fry, L.W.; and D. Geigle (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: history, theory, and research. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 6:3. 175 - 178.

    - This is a paper sure to strengthen any form of AOM 2016 contribution being planned.

    3. So, hello Margaret. You and I have met at Boston Friends meetings and the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College, but I've yet to hear how a successful academic and consulting practitioner gets the courage to submit her very first Academy paper to a new Interest Group called Management Spirituality and Religion. What's the story?

    Best,
    Charlie


  • 4.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-05-2015 16:27
    I would love to read a copy of Margaret's paper.  Where can I find it? 


     
    Dr. Tandala R. Kidd
     
    With God all things are possible . . .

     


    > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 07:44:21 +0000
    > From: MBenefiel@ANTS.EDU
    > Subject: Re: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage
    > To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    >
    > Charlie, thanks for asking this question. I actually came into the Academy of Management from another field. My background is in the field of spirituality, and my scholarship had been focused on spirituality and organizational leadership for a number of years. Friends (Rita Weathersby and Jim McGee) had told me I should get involved in the Academy of Management, because there was more interest there in my topic, in the new MSR group, than there was in the American Academy of Religion, which had been my primary academic home.
    >
    > So I submitted a paper to the MSR group in 2001. It was an overview of the field (like the article you mention below; I seem to be drawn to overviews of the field). My paper was accepted and Lee Robbins sent me reviewers' comments to help me improve the paper. I found the comments very helpful, reworked the paper, and presented it. It was great fun for me to meet, in the audience, many of the people I quoted and mentioned in the paper. I had entered a community of others who cared about the same weird (in some people's mind) mixture of things that I cared about.
    >
    > ________________________________________
    > From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Charles Thomas Tackney <cttack@GMAIL.COM>
    > Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 9:00 AM
    > To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    > Subject: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage
    >
    > Dear MSR listserve community:
    >
    > First, thanks to Lee Robbins for his time and thoughts about the MSR founding. Comments from additional contributors enriched the conversation considerably - so thanks to each of you as well. Should other founding points come to mind, these remain most welcome. We'll likely return to the founding theme again, based on this first MSR listserv community chat.
    >
    > 2. I've recently learned that Margaret Benefiel not only was an early contributor to MSR, but was also brave enough to submit her very first AOM scholarly paper submission to MSR: 2001, was it? As the AOM 2016 filing deadline slowly creeps up on us all, this seems a nice time to ask her to share her thoughts about the decision for AOM in general and MSR in particular.
    >
    > The 2016 MSR Doctoral Consortium participants will certainly recognize Margaret's name and role in that session, organized by Julie Burkey. Margaret authored a paper with two others that offers a fine assessment of the field:
    >
    > Benefiel, M.; Fry, L.W.; and D. Geigle (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: history, theory, and research. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 6:3. 175 - 178.
    >
    > - This is a paper sure to strengthen any form of AOM 2016 contribution being planned.
    >
    > 3. So, hello Margaret. You and I have met at Boston Friends meetings and the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College, but I've yet to hear how a successful academic and consulting practitioner gets the courage to submit her very first Academy paper to a new Interest Group called Management Spirituality and Religion. What's the story?
    >
    > Best,
    > Charlie


  • 5.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-09-2015 08:07

    Dear Tandala,


    Attached is the recent one (overview of the field) that was discussed at the AoM in August.

    Best,
    Margaret

    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Tandala Kidd <drtandalakidd@OUTLOOK.COM>
    Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 8:26 PM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage
     
    I would love to read a copy of Margaret's paper.  Where can I find it? 


     
    Dr. Tandala R. Kidd
     
    With God all things are possible . . .

     


    > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 07:44:21 +0000
    > From: MBenefiel@ANTS.EDU
    > Subject: Re: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage
    > To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    >
    > Charlie, thanks for asking this question. I actually came into the Academy of Management from another field. My background is in the field of spirituality, and my scholarship had been focused on spirituality and organizational leadership for a number of years. Friends (Rita Weathersby and Jim McGee) had told me I should get involved in the Academy of Management, because there was more interest there in my topic, in the new MSR group, than there was in the American Academy of Religion, which had been my primary academic home.
    >
    > So I submitted a paper to the MSR group in 2001. It was an overview of the field (like the article you mention below; I seem to be drawn to overviews of the field). My paper was accepted and Lee Robbins sent me reviewers' comments to help me improve the paper. I found the comments very helpful, reworked the paper, and presented it. It was great fun for me to meet, in the audience, many of the people I quoted and mentioned in the paper. I had entered a community of others who cared about the same weird (in some people's mind) mixture of things that I cared about.
    >
    > ________________________________________
    > From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Charles Thomas Tackney <cttack@GMAIL.COM>
    > Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 9:00 AM
    > To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    > Subject: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage
    >
    > Dear MSR listserve community:
    >
    > First, thanks to Lee Robbins for his time and thoughts about the MSR founding. Comments from additional contributors enriched the conversation considerably - so thanks to each of you as well. Should other founding points come to mind, these remain most welcome. We'll likely return to the founding theme again, based on this first MSR listserv community chat.
    >
    > 2. I've recently learned that Margaret Benefiel not only was an early contributor to MSR, but was also brave enough to submit her very first AOM scholarly paper submission to MSR: 2001, was it? As the AOM 2016 filing deadline slowly creeps up on us all, this seems a nice time to ask her to share her thoughts about the decision for AOM in general and MSR in particular.
    >
    > The 2016 MSR Doctoral Consortium participants will certainly recognize Margaret's name and role in that session, organized by Julie Burkey. Margaret authored a paper with two others that offers a fine assessment of the field:
    >
    > Benefiel, M.; Fry, L.W.; and D. Geigle (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: history, theory, and research. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 6:3. 175 - 178.
    >
    > - This is a paper sure to strengthen any form of AOM 2016 contribution being planned.
    >
    > 3. So, hello Margaret. You and I have met at Boston Friends meetings and the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College, but I've yet to hear how a successful academic and consulting practitioner gets the courage to submit her very first Academy paper to a new Interest Group called Management Spirituality and Religion. What's the story?
    >
    > Best,
    > Charlie


  • 6.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-05-2015 16:55
    Dear MSR group
    Thanks for everyone's contributions. This is a great help in building an historical account of our interest group.

    I guess my question is how has our research and its contributions progressed over the last 15 years.  Can anyone provide insight into this important question?

    Warmly Kathryn

    Kathryn Pavlovich /  Professor 
    Co-chairperson / Strategy and HRM / Waikato Management School /  University of Waikato
    Private Bag 3105  /  Hamilton 3240  /  New Zealand  / +6421446745 (mob) +6478384837 (work)  / 
    www.waikato.ac.nz   /  skype: kathryn.pavlovich


    Academy of Management Chair (MSR), Los Angeles, 2016.
    Bachelor of Entrepreneurship Qualification Convenor, University of Waikato Management School.
     


    On 4 October 2015 at 20:44, Margaret Benefiel <MBenefiel@ants.edu> wrote:
    Charlie, thanks for asking this question.  I actually came into the Academy of Management from another field.  My background is in the field of spirituality, and my scholarship had been focused on spirituality and organizational leadership for a number of years.  Friends (Rita Weathersby and Jim McGee) had told me I should get involved in the Academy of Management, because there was more interest there in my topic, in the new MSR group, than there was in the American Academy of Religion, which had been my primary academic home.

    So I submitted a paper to the MSR group in 2001.  It was an overview of the field (like the article you mention below; I seem to be drawn to overviews of the field).  My paper was accepted and Lee Robbins sent me reviewers' comments to help me improve the paper.  I found the comments very helpful, reworked the paper, and presented it.  It was great fun for me to meet, in the audience, many of the people I quoted and mentioned in the paper.  I had entered a community of others who cared about the same weird (in some people's mind) mixture of things that I cared about.

    ________________________________________
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Charles Thomas Tackney <cttack@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 9:00 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Dear MSR listserve community:

    First, thanks to Lee Robbins for his time and thoughts about the MSR founding. Comments from additional contributors enriched the conversation considerably - so thanks to each of you as well. Should other founding points come to mind, these remain most welcome. We'll likely return to the founding theme again, based on this first MSR listserv community chat.

    2. I've recently learned that Margaret Benefiel not only was an early contributor to MSR, but was also brave enough to submit her very first AOM scholarly paper submission to MSR: 2001, was it?  As the AOM 2016 filing deadline slowly creeps up on us all, this seems a nice time to ask her to share her thoughts about the decision for AOM in general and MSR in particular.

    The 2016 MSR Doctoral Consortium participants will certainly recognize Margaret's name and role in that session, organized by Julie Burkey. Margaret authored a paper with two others that offers a fine assessment of the field:

    Benefiel, M.; Fry, L.W.; and D. Geigle (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: history, theory, and research. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 6:3. 175 - 178.

    - This is a paper sure to strengthen any form of AOM 2016 contribution being planned.

    3. So, hello Margaret. You and I have met at Boston Friends meetings and the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College, but I've yet to hear how a successful academic and consulting practitioner gets the courage to submit her very first Academy paper to a new Interest Group called Management Spirituality and Religion. What's the story?

    Best,
    Charlie



  • 7.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-10-2015 03:20
    Happy Saturday, Margaret:

    Sorry not to have returned sooner to this conversation, part of the extended retreat chat notion, but a first term, first quarter course ended last week and that took some time. Three follow-up, if you'll allow. Given our shared interest in the works of Bernard Lonergan, I can't help but pose a question about this topic, though this isn't intended or planned to be a Lonergan Methods platform (honest!). So:

    1. Lonergan was cited as a methods source in your doctoral consortium paper. I'm wondering how you see his legacy offering merit for MSR? Start anywhere and don't leave anything out...lol. Well, a few words, at any rate - inspire those currently "a-working" on AOM 2016 submissions. 

    Too, I'm interested in hearing a bit more about your sense of why the Am. Academy of Religion didn't seem to offer a home or venue for your research. Thus, next query:

    2. Your sense of how the religion conference(s) might be overly, exclusively focused on religion as institution? I suppose this is a bit of a leading question, but as I recognized myself in your reported experience, I'm thinking others may also feel the same. MSR interface with explicit 'religion conferences' might be of future strategic interest to our crowd. Any thoughts or views?

    3. Finally, how about a word or two on your ability to be both scholar / practitioner in this field? Can you tell us a bit more about your professional practice? 

    Looking forward to hearing more. 

    Best, 
    Charlie

    On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Margaret Benefiel <MBenefiel@ants.edu> wrote:
    Charlie, thanks for asking this question.  I actually came into the Academy of Management from another field.  My background is in the field of spirituality, and my scholarship had been focused on spirituality and organizational leadership for a number of years.  Friends (Rita Weathersby and Jim McGee) had told me I should get involved in the Academy of Management, because there was more interest there in my topic, in the new MSR group, than there was in the American Academy of Religion, which had been my primary academic home.

    So I submitted a paper to the MSR group in 2001.  It was an overview of the field (like the article you mention below; I seem to be drawn to overviews of the field).  My paper was accepted and Lee Robbins sent me reviewers' comments to help me improve the paper.  I found the comments very helpful, reworked the paper, and presented it.  It was great fun for me to meet, in the audience, many of the people I quoted and mentioned in the paper.  I had entered a community of others who cared about the same weird (in some people's mind) mixture of things that I cared about.

    ________________________________________
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Charles Thomas Tackney <cttack@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 9:00 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Dear MSR listserve community:

    First, thanks to Lee Robbins for his time and thoughts about the MSR founding. Comments from additional contributors enriched the conversation considerably - so thanks to each of you as well. Should other founding points come to mind, these remain most welcome. We'll likely return to the founding theme again, based on this first MSR listserv community chat.

    2. I've recently learned that Margaret Benefiel not only was an early contributor to MSR, but was also brave enough to submit her very first AOM scholarly paper submission to MSR: 2001, was it?  As the AOM 2016 filing deadline slowly creeps up on us all, this seems a nice time to ask her to share her thoughts about the decision for AOM in general and MSR in particular.

    The 2016 MSR Doctoral Consortium participants will certainly recognize Margaret's name and role in that session, organized by Julie Burkey. Margaret authored a paper with two others that offers a fine assessment of the field:

    Benefiel, M.; Fry, L.W.; and D. Geigle (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: history, theory, and research. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 6:3. 175 - 178.

    - This is a paper sure to strengthen any form of AOM 2016 contribution being planned.

    3. So, hello Margaret. You and I have met at Boston Friends meetings and the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College, but I've yet to hear how a successful academic and consulting practitioner gets the courage to submit her very first Academy paper to a new Interest Group called Management Spirituality and Religion. What's the story?

    Best,
    Charlie



  • 8.  MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Posted 10-15-2015 07:12

    Great questions, Charlie!  Here are my responses to each of your questions in turn:


    1.  I think that Bernard Lonergan's work is helpful to MSR in questions of research.  There is much discussion in MSR about how we do research in a way that is relevant to our topic, i.e., can spirituality be measured quantitatively?  is it appropriate to measure how much spirituality an organization has and then measure the impact that has on the bottom line? how do we objectively study spirituality?


    Lonergan's work on the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity is very helpful here, as is his understanding of what spirituality is and how it can or can't be measured.


    2.  The academic study of religion tends to focus on narrow topics.  Religion scholars tend not to be as interested in broad, practical topics, simply because of how the discipline is defined and what counts as publishable scholarship.  I happen to be the incoming co-chair of the Christian Spirituality Group at the American Academy of Religion (so I am still involved there) and would love to see more dialogue between spirituality scholars and MSR scholars.  The methodologies are so different it's hard to know where to start.


    3.  For many years, I had my own business, Executive Soul, offering consulting and training for leaders and organizations, and I also taught part-time at Andover Newton Theological School, in the area of spirituality and organizational leadership.  I was also able to carve out some time for writing.  That was a good balance for me; I like being able to have the study and the practice inform one another.  Since July 1 I have a new job.  I am the Executive Director of the Shalem Institute, which offers programs that support contemplative leadership.  So now I am running an organization, being a practitioner in a different way.  I am continuing to teach, now in Shalem's programs.  And I'm continuing to write.  I'm curious to see how this new job fulfills my desire for study and practice informing one another.  I recently wrote some remarks (based on Hildegard of Bingen's image of being a feather on the breath of God) for a Shalem gathering, on how I seek to practice leadership in a spiritually grounded way.  I'm hoping to practice what I preached for so many years.  I'll send you the remarks if you're interested.


    Thanks again for these questions, Charlie.


    Best,

    Margaret



    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Charles Tackney <cttack@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 7:19 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage
     
    Happy Saturday, Margaret:

    Sorry not to have returned sooner to this conversation, part of the extended retreat chat notion, but a first term, first quarter course ended last week and that took some time. Three follow-up, if you'll allow. Given our shared interest in the works of Bernard Lonergan, I can't help but pose a question about this topic, though this isn't intended or planned to be a Lonergan Methods platform (honest!). So:

    1. Lonergan was cited as a methods source in your doctoral consortium paper. I'm wondering how you see his legacy offering merit for MSR? Start anywhere and don't leave anything out...lol. Well, a few words, at any rate - inspire those currently "a-working" on AOM 2016 submissions. 

    Too, I'm interested in hearing a bit more about your sense of why the Am. Academy of Religion didn't seem to offer a home or venue for your research. Thus, next query:

    2. Your sense of how the religion conference(s) might be overly, exclusively focused on religion as institution? I suppose this is a bit of a leading question, but as I recognized myself in your reported experience, I'm thinking others may also feel the same. MSR interface with explicit 'religion conferences' might be of future strategic interest to our crowd. Any thoughts or views?

    3. Finally, how about a word or two on your ability to be both scholar / practitioner in this field? Can you tell us a bit more about your professional practice? 

    Looking forward to hearing more. 

    Best, 
    Charlie

    On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Margaret Benefiel <MBenefiel@ants.edu> wrote:
    Charlie, thanks for asking this question.  I actually came into the Academy of Management from another field.  My background is in the field of spirituality, and my scholarship had been focused on spirituality and organizational leadership for a number of years.  Friends (Rita Weathersby and Jim McGee) had told me I should get involved in the Academy of Management, because there was more interest there in my topic, in the new MSR group, than there was in the American Academy of Religion, which had been my primary academic home.

    So I submitted a paper to the MSR group in 2001.  It was an overview of the field (like the article you mention below; I seem to be drawn to overviews of the field).  My paper was accepted and Lee Robbins sent me reviewers' comments to help me improve the paper.  I found the comments very helpful, reworked the paper, and presented it.  It was great fun for me to meet, in the audience, many of the people I quoted and mentioned in the paper.  I had entered a community of others who cared about the same weird (in some people's mind) mixture of things that I cared about.

    ________________________________________
    From: Management, Spirituality & Religion <MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Charles Thomas Tackney <cttack@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 9:00 AM
    To: MSR@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: MSR Summer Retreat conversational extension II: First AOM paper / First MSR submission courage

    Dear MSR listserve community:

    First, thanks to Lee Robbins for his time and thoughts about the MSR founding. Comments from additional contributors enriched the conversation considerably - so thanks to each of you as well. Should other founding points come to mind, these remain most welcome. We'll likely return to the founding theme again, based on this first MSR listserv community chat.

    2. I've recently learned that Margaret Benefiel not only was an early contributor to MSR, but was also brave enough to submit her very first AOM scholarly paper submission to MSR: 2001, was it?  As the AOM 2016 filing deadline slowly creeps up on us all, this seems a nice time to ask her to share her thoughts about the decision for AOM in general and MSR in particular.

    The 2016 MSR Doctoral Consortium participants will certainly recognize Margaret's name and role in that session, organized by Julie Burkey. Margaret authored a paper with two others that offers a fine assessment of the field:

    Benefiel, M.; Fry, L.W.; and D. Geigle (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: history, theory, and research. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 6:3. 175 - 178.

    - This is a paper sure to strengthen any form of AOM 2016 contribution being planned.

    3. So, hello Margaret. You and I have met at Boston Friends meetings and the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College, but I've yet to hear how a successful academic and consulting practitioner gets the courage to submit her very first Academy paper to a new Interest Group called Management Spirituality and Religion. What's the story?

    Best,
    Charlie