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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VerfasserInnen: Chung, Helen H. (VerfasserIn) ; Johnson, Alexander E. (VerfasserIn) ; Tan, Christine S. (VerfasserIn) ; Pitman, Benjamin C. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion 2024
In: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Jahr: 2024, Band: 21, Heft: 1, Seiten: 129-155
RelBib Classification:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
ZA Sozialwissenschaften
weitere Schlagwörter: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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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1942-258X
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.51327/DYNZ1123