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Dr Selcuk Uygur, Brunel University

Dr Fahri Karakas, University of East Anglia

EDI – 2017

Stream Title: Religion and spirituality at workplace: Perspectives on diversity and inclusion

Stream Leaders:

Dr Selcuk Uygur & Dr Fahri Karakas

Classical sociology's Durkheimian approach, regards religion as "a unified set of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden, beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community, all those who adhere to them" (1964:37).  Today, spirituality, though it does not necessarily refer to a religion, is also considered in this fashion as its appearance in the workplace shows similarities with religion and usually cited together in the context of workplace (Paloutzian & Park, 2015; Oman, 2013). Religion and spirituality in the workplace gathers great attention from academics and practitioners recently. It is considered "as the recognition that employees have an inner life that nourishes and nourished by meaningful work that takes place in the context of community... the spirit is nourished in sacred as well as secular places" (Ashmos and Duchon, 2000:137). Therefore, it's about employees who understand themselves as spiritual beings whose soul need nourishment at work, and it is about experiencing a sense of purpose and meaning in their work beyond the kind of meaning found (Ashmos and Duchon, 2000).

It is observed that there are increasing numbers of literatures in this field (Cash and Grey, 2000; Giacalone and Jurkiewicz, 2003; Giacalone and Jurkiewicz, 2004; Karakas, 2009; Biberman and Altman, 2010; Benefiel et.al. 2014; Uygur and Aydin, 2015). The scope of this literature covers different aspects of management studies, including organization studies, leadership, human resource management and ethics. A review of 140 articles on spirituality at work reveals that spirituality enhances employee well being and quality of life, provides employees a sense of purpose and meaning at work, provides employees a sense of interconnectedness and community (Karakas, 2009).  Considering the growing importance of this field, we are aiming to welcome original, empirical, and theoretical contributions to this particular pathway. In this respect, the content of the papers being submitted to this stream may include but not limited to:

·      Religious beliefs and spirituality in organizations

·      Spirituality and leadership

·      Religion, spirituality and business ethics/CSR

·      Managing religious and spiritual diversity at workplace

·      Challenges for religious and spiritual inclusion at work

·      Religiosity and or spirituality as personal factors in decision-making

·      Religious and spiritual diversity in education.

·      Work-life balance and spirituality/religion 

References:

Ashmos, D. P. and Duchon, D. (2000). Spirituality at Work: A conceptualization and measure, Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2), p.134-145

Benefiel, M., Fry, L.W. and Geigle, D., (2014). Spirituality and religion in the workplace: History, theory, and research. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 6(3), p.175.

Cash, K.C. and Gray, G.R., (2000). A framework for accommodating religion and spirituality in the workplace. The Academy of Management Executive, 14(3), pp.124-133.

Giacalone, R.A. and Jurkiewicz, C.L., (2003). Toward a science of workplace spirituality. Handbook of workplace spirituality and organizational performance, pp.3-28.

Jurkiewicz, C.L. and Giacalone, R.A., (2004). A values framework for measuring the impact of workplace spirituality on organizational performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 49(2), pp.129-142.

Karakas, F. (2009). Spirituality and Performance in Organizations: A literature review, Journal of Business Ethics, 94, pp.89-106

Oman, D., (2013). Defining religion and spirituality. Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality, 2, pp.23-47.

Paloutzian, R. F. & Park, C. L. (2015). Handbook of The Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. The Guilford Press: London

Uygur, S. and Aydin, E., (2015). 'Religious diversity in the workplace' in Managing Diversity and Inclusion: An International Perspective (Eds. Ozbilgin, M. and Syed, J.), Sage: London.

Stream Leaders' Information:

Selcuk Uygur: Dr Uygur is a lecturer in business ethics at Brunel Business School. He has received his PhD degree from Brunel Business School on management researches. Selcuk holds an MBA degree from Baskent University and a BA degree from Inonu University, Turkey. His research interests include work ethic, business ethics and social responsibility, influence of religion in business, enterprise culture and entrepreneurship. His works have been published in the respectful international management journals, including Journal of Business Ethics, and International Journal of Human Resource Management. He is also a frequent reviewer for the mentioned journals. Dr Uygur is a fellow of UK Higher Education Academy since 2014, he is also a member of the European Business Ethic Network (EBEN) since 2007.

Fahri Karakas: Dr Fahri Karakas is a Lecturer in Business and Leadership at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia.  Dr Karakas has a PhD in Organizational Behaviour from McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management.  His PhD thesis on benevolent leadership was selected as the winner of 2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Leadership and Organization Development category. His research aims to build new ways of understanding how managers can nurture the human spirit and build a collective sense of creativity and vitality in organizations. Dr Karakas published more than 20 articles in international management journals including Journal of Business Ethics.

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EDI 2017 Paper Submission Guidelines – Please submit online

EDI Conference welcomes two forms of online submissions to regular streams. Please register (no payment of fees required at this stage) and submit online. Payment can be done later as for any conference. Fees are 195-395 euros, inclusive of coffee breaks, lunches and conference dinner. 

·       Developmental papers: These should be approximately 3000-5000 words, including references. 

·       Full papers: These are longer contributions of 8000 to 10000 words including references. 

Some stream chairs allow for an extended abstract (300 to 500 words) for the April 28, 2017 deadline. However, acceptance will be subjected to submitting at least a developmental paper in time for the second round of reviews by May 15. Please check the possibility of sending an extended abstract with the relevant stream chair before doing so. 

As a guide, should conform to above word budgets, although individual Stream chairs may allow for shorter or longer pieces. The papers should be formatted with 2.5cm margins, double line spacing, and Harvard referencing style (see below). 

Referencing style

You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. 

At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied: 

For books: surname, initials, (year), title of book, publisher, place of publication, e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. 

For book chapters: surname, initials, (year), "chapter title", editor's surname, initials, title of book, publisher, place of publication, pages, e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice - a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20. 

For journals: surname, initials, (year), "title of article", journal name, volume, number, pages, e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80. 

For electronic sources: if available online the full URL and date of access should be supplied at the end of the reference. 

Developmental and full paper requirements 

Authors must supply a structured abstract set out under 5 sub-headings as below: 

1. Purpose; 

2. Design/methodology/approach; 

3. Findings if paper is empirical;

4. Research limitations/implications; 

5. Originality/value of the paper. 

There should be an abstract of less than 500 words in total. In addition provide up to six keywords which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper and categorize your paper. Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article. Figures, tables and charts should be supplied within the article itself. References to other publications must be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef. You should include all author names and initials and give any journal title in full. 

You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. 

At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied: 

For books: surname, initials, (year), title of book, publisher, place of publication, e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. 

For book chapters: surname, initials, (year), "chapter title", editor's surname, initials, title of book, publisher, place of publication, pages, e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice - a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20. 

For journals: surname, initials, (year), "title of article", journal name, volume, number, pages, e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80. 

For electronic sources: if available online the full URL and date of access should be supplied at the end of the reference. 

Submission of the article 

Your paper should be submitted online at the suggested deadlines. Please liaise with Stream chairs if you require extensions. Please ensure that the abstract, article category, keywords are supplied in the article document. In preparing the file, please use either Word or RTF formats, name the file as "yournamesecondnameanddate.doc". You are strongly advised to proof read your paper for consistency, grammar and spelling.