Ghosts in the machine: beliefs, values and worldviews in the workplace and business environment

Baker, Chris and Power, Maria (2018) Ghosts in the machine: beliefs, values and worldviews in the workplace and business environment. JOURNAL OF BELIEFS & VALUES-STUDIES IN RELIGION & EDUCATION, 39 (4). pp. 474-489.

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Abstract

This paper analyses the role and impact of beliefs, values and worldviews (BVW) in the business and work-based environment, and how they are translated and negotiated in non-spiritual and non-sacred spaces. Based on pilot research with a cohort of English Roman Catholic employees and managers conducted within a retreat setting, and as part of a wider research project across religious and non-religious cohorts, the article traces an emerging framework identifying the different variables informing the relationship between BVW and public workplace settings. These variables include: how material structures of the workplace are shaped by the ethical and moral teachings generated by BVW; the close links between BVW (also known as spiritual capital) and agency in the business and work environment; the overlapping but also contrasting relationship between religious and non-religious BVW; and innovative and resilient forms of leadership and change management strategy generated by the reflective prioritising of BVW within these contexts.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Beliefs, values and worldviews, leadership, Roman Catholic, spiritual capital, workplace
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	16 May 2018 13:36
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 06:33
DOI:	10.1080/13617672.2018.1477705
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3021361