Personal development and religion in the workplace in Slovakia: from life meaning to religious selves

A growing number of studies on religion and spirituality in the workplace point towards religious functions of work and the importance of spirituality for managing employees. Yet, religion remains a blind spot for the sociology of personal development in the workplace. Based on two years of qualitat...

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Autres titres:‘Re-enchantment’ and Religious Change in Former Socialist Europe
Auteur principal: Bártová, Zuzana (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge 2024
Dans: Religion
Année: 2024, Volume: 54, Numéro: 1, Pages: 108-125
Sujets non-standardisés:B Lived Religion
B new spirit of capitalism
B alternative spirituality
B Re-enchantment
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Résumé:A growing number of studies on religion and spirituality in the workplace point towards religious functions of work and the importance of spirituality for managing employees. Yet, religion remains a blind spot for the sociology of personal development in the workplace. Based on two years of qualitative research on Slovak employees, CEOs and other professionals, this article explores how work engagement via personal development narratives is a source of meaningfulness in the respondents’ lives to the point that their relation to work has become sacralised. Moreover, personal development at work implies the mobilisation of religious selves, either theistic or holistic. The study thus highlights the role of religion in the context of work while shedding light on transformations of religion in the capitalist context.
ISSN:1096-1151
Contient:Enthalten in: Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2023.2277017