Religious diversity at work: faith-based employee resource groups
Research on affinity and employee resource groups (ERG) in organizations is growing but remains relatively sparse for religious or faith-based groups. This study is a phenomenological analysis of interview data from 26 individuals in organizations leading and managing faithbased employee resource gr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion
2024
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Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-155 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Social Identity Theory
B Religion in the Workplace B Faith-Based Group B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift B Affinity Group B Employee Resource Group |
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| Summary: | Research on affinity and employee resource groups (ERG) in organizations is growing but remains relatively sparse for religious or faith-based groups. This study is a phenomenological analysis of interview data from 26 individuals in organizations leading and managing faithbased employee resource groups in public and private organizations primarily in the U. S. Based on a thematic analysis of 26 individual interviews across Christian and Interfaith ERGs in technology, consulting, and other industries, the data illustrate how groups organize, their core identity-related activities, salient challenges and strategies, and perceived outcomes at the personal and organizational levels. Overall, the phenomenology of faithbased groups points to several implicit and explicit benefits as well as challenges of religious expression at work. We discuss the perceived personal and organizational outcomes of faith-based ERGs, explore how social identity theory helps explain key experiences described by ERG members, and offer some potential directions for future research. |
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| ISSN: | 1942-258X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.51327/DYNZ1123 |