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Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to attend the AOM panel symposium

Spirituality and Religion in the Pursuit of Meaningfulness in Organizational Life (Session# 1316 )

In this symposium each panelist will explore how they find meaning in their work and, in doing so, play a part in making their organizations meaningful. Given the essence of meaning is connection and is inherently spiritual as it is a nonphysical reality (Baumeister, 2002), we believe it fruitful to examine how people satisfy Baumeister's four needs for meaning at work (need for purpose, values, efficacy, and self-worth) through a wide spectrum of religious, spiritual, and secular traditions, perspectives, and practices including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, 12 Step spiritual programs, humanistic management, and atheism. In particular, symposium presenters will elaborate on how meaningfulness can foster maximization/realization of human potential at work and how these different framings illuminate the processes of making organizations meaningful.

Scheduled:    Monday, Aug 8 2016 from 3:00 PM -4:30 AM

Location:      Convention Center 303C

Organizer:   Eleftheria EGEL (International University of  Monaco)

Panelists:    Yochanan ALTMAN (  Middlessex U. and Teesside U.);

                  Dharm P.S. BHAWUK (U. of Hawaii at Manoa);

                  Claus DIERKSMEIER(U. of Tuebingen);

                  Louis W.(Jody) FRY (Texas A&M U., Central Texas);

                  Daniel E. HARRIS (U. of Arkansas);

                  Rehan HUDA (AMANA Canda Holdings Inc);

                  Avi KAY (Jerusalem College of Technology);

                  Mark P. KRIGER (BI Norwegian Business School)                 

We look forward to seeing you in Anaheim!

Eleftheria Egel, PhD

International University of Monaco

www.monaco.edu