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Suddaby forward the notion of institutional work of actors aimed at maintaining, changing and disrupting institutions. The … purpose of this paper is to further theory and method in studying the institutional work of people in organizations. Design … methodologies are analyzed in related fields of research, particularly in sociology and anthropology. Findings – The ways have been …
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social isolation as linked to advances in telecommuting and other off‐site “open collar” work.  …
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way the employees perceived their flexibility and personal involvement in their work. By employing Taylor’s initial works … increasing employees’ work engagement, the IT system had the opposite effect. Demonstrates that the new IT system contributed to … a deskilling of the employees, to a more task‐oriented approach to their work, and to increased employees …
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While spirituality and religion in work (SRW) as an inquiry field has been gaining interest in the popular press, it … legitimacy in contributing scholarly work is not ensured. Part of the problem is that many SRW concepts resist being tested with … work already exist. It discusses some of these methods and offers operational blueprints for alternative forms of excellent …
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Presents a point‐counterpoint discussion on whether or not we can – or should – measure something as ineffable as spirituality in organizations. Topics covered include “Workplace spirituality: on the need for measurement” and “Towards wholeness in spirituality research: embracing...
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safeguard the quality of our work that we articulate the dogmas, definitions, fears and desires we bring to the research. It …
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work attitudes. This study attempts to make a rigorous empirical examination of the relationship between workplace … work is an abstract concept, this study attempts to provide some of the first empirical support that there is a positive … association between spirituality at work and employee job outcomes. The paper concludes with a number of implications and research …
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‐test‐post‐test field study at a large rehabilitation hospital showed significant improvements in work attitudes (job satisfaction …
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work settings. Furthermore, since individuals must change their behaviour in order for organizational improvement to occur …, planned organizational change can be viewed as an attempt to change organizational work setting characteristics such that … individuals will adopt new, desirable behaviours. Based on these premisses, explores the relationship between organizational work …
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