SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

BY

SANGEETA BASU

SAMIRAN CHATTERJEE

ASMITA DASGUPTA

MONONITA MITRA

SANHATI SENGUPTA

Introduction

Human Work

Better Work Place

Organizations that have embraced workplace spirituality

THREE PERSPECTIVE OF SPIRITUALITY AND PERFORMANCE

SPIRITUALITY

EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING

SENSE OF MEANING &

PURPOSE

SENSE OF COMMUNITY &

INTER-CONNECTEDNESS

INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY

& PERFORMANCE

Perspective 1: Employee well-being Spirituality enhances the general well-being

of employees:

a) by increasing their morale, commitment

and productivity

b) by reducing stress, burnout and workaholism.

Perspective 2: Sense of meaning and purpose

Spirituality provides employees and

managers a deeper sense of meaning

and purpose at work.

Perspective 3: Sense of community and

interconnectedness

Spirituality provides employees a sense of

community and connectedness; increasing their attachment, loyalty

and belonging to the organization.

Human ResourcesPerspective

PhilosophicalPerspective

InterpersonalPerspective

Focus ondevelopingemployees’

well-being purpose and meaning community andconnectedness

The problem:BarrenWorkplaces

Emotionally barrenworkplaces

Spiritually barrenworkplaces

Socially barrenworkplaces

Mainproblems/gaps/necessity

Stress, burnout,WorkaholismAbsenteeismLow morale &commitment“Lethargy

Excessive materialismLoss of meaning &depthLow fulfillment, joy, &creativity“Atrophy”

Self-centeredness,greed & egoismIsolationLow cohesion &belongingLack of social support“Entropy

The solution:AbundantWorkplaces

Emotionally abundantworkplaces

Spiritually abundantworkplaces

Socially abundantworkplaces

Socially abundantworkplacesPositiveoutcomes ofincorporatingspirituality

Increased morale &commitmentIncreased employeewell-beingIncreased employeeproductivity

Increased sense ofmeaning & purposeIncreased fulfillment &job satisfactionIncreased hope &creativityIncreased reflection

Increased sense ofconnectedness &communityIncreased attachment,loyalty, & belongingHigh qualityconnections

Ideal benefitsfor employees

Empowered,committed, passionateemployees

Highly aware, self-reflective,creativeemployees

Compassionate,steward, benevolentemployees

Spiritedworkplaces ofthe 21stcentury are

Engaged with passion Alive with meaning

Major Problems and Suggestions for Incorporating

Spirituality in Organizations

Four Problems

• The danger of proselytism• The issue of compatibility• The risk of spirituality

becoming a fad or a management tool to manipulate employees

• The legitimacy problem the field of spirituality at work faces in theory, research and practice

Four Suggestions

• Accommodation of spiritual requests

• Respect for diversity• Openness and freedom of

expression• Acknowledgement of

employees as whole persons.

The Roles of Emotional Intelligence andSpiritual Intelligence at the Workplace

EMOTIONALINTELLIGENCE

SPIRITUALINTELLIGENCE

BETTER WORKING

ENVIRONMENT

REASONS FOR THE GROWING INTEREST IN SPIRITUALITY

CONTEMPORARY LIFE STYLE

single-parent families

geographic mobility

temporary nature of

jobs

new technologies

Criticism of Spirituality

Spirituality

Profits

Benefits of Spirituality

SPIRITUALITY

PRODUCTIVITY

CONCLUSION

BRIDGING THE GAP

WORKSPIRITUALITY

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