The Relationship between the Integration of Faith and Work with Life and Job Outcomes

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 453 - 461
• Main Author: Walker, Alan G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.02.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Business and Management; Business Ethics; Christianity; Education; Empirical evidence; Employees; Ethics; Ethics and moral life; Faith; Freedom of religion; God; Human relations; Hypotheses; Hypothesis; Job performance; Job satisfaction; Judaism; Management; Mathematical models; Normativity; Philosophy; Polls & surveys; Psychological aspects; Psychometrics; Quality of Life Research; Religion; Research biases; Self report; Sex education; Sociology; Sociology of knowledge and ethics; Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture; Sociology of religion; Sociology of work; Sociology of work and sociology of organizations; Spirituality; Statistical analysis; Studies; Surveys; Validity; Work organization. Working relations; United States > US; Faith at work; Religion; Spirituality; Occupational Commitment; Organization; Work; Faith; Workplace; Religious Practice; Occupational Achievement; Job Satisfaction

Gallup surveys consistently show that nine in 10 Americans express a belief in God (Nash, Business, religion, and spirituality: A new synthesis, 2003), while more than 45 % claim to have some awareness of God on the job (Nash and McLellan, Church on Sunday, Work on Monday: The Challenges of Fusing C...