Reimagining Faith and Management: The Impact of Faith in the Workplace

333 Pages·2021·2.49 MB·English

by  Edwina Pio, Robert Kilpatrick,Timothy Pratt

Reimagining Faith and Management
Much contemporary research ignores or is dismissive of the growth of
global religiosity, even though 90 percent of the global population sees the
world through a commitment to some kind of faith. Reimagining Faith and
Management addresses this issue and extends research on the impact of
faith in various aspects of management, such as negotiation, leadership,
entrepreneurship, governance, innovation, ethics, fnance and careers.
Faith impacts how individuals and organisations envision, manage and
respond to various stakeholders, communities, the natural environment and
the world around them. This book presents various facets of how faith,
values and/or ideological outlook informs, infuences and adds mystery to
inspire and impel individuals and organisations. The 21 chapters are based
on academic research and ofer practical managerial recommendations. The
book is divided into three sections: faithful futures impacting individuals;
faithful futures impacting organisations and faithful futures impacting
society.
Each chapter presents a theoretical base and includes practical implications.
The book is ideal reading for educators, practitioners, researchers and students
of business, management, career studies, faith-based organisations,
corporate governance and business ethics, as well as religious studies,
including applied theology.
Edwina Pio is New Zealand’s frst Professor of Diversity, and University
Director of Diversity at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa/New
Zealand. A Fulbright alumna, recipient of a Royal Society Medal and a
Duke of Edinburgh fellowship, she is a trustee of the national Religious
Diversity Centre, New Zealand.
Robert Kilpatrick has travelled extensively in his work in both international
mission and aid and development. For several years he co-chaired the Joint
Learning Initiative of Local Faith Communities.
Timothy Pratt serves as a lead chaplain at the University of Auckland and
has a background in management and governance of civil society, or non-
proft organisations. He chairs the Global Fellowship of Christian Youth.
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The Impact of Faith in the Workplace
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Reimagining Faith and
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The Impact of Faith in the Workplace
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Edwina Pio, Robert Kilpatrick and Timothy Pratt
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Names: Pio, Edwina, 1955– editor. | Kilpatrick, Robert, editor. |
Pratt, Timothy, editor.
Title: Reimagining faith and management : the impact of faith in the
workplace / Edwina Pio, Robert Kilpatrick, Timothy Pratt.
Description: 1. | New York : Routledge, 2021. | Series: Routledge
studies in management, organizations and society | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifers: LCCN 2020045321 (print) | LCCN 2020045322 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780367485801 (hardback) | ISBN 9781003041733 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Religion in the workplace. | Employees—Religious
life. | Management—Religious aspects.
Classifcation: LCC BL65.W67 R44 2021 (print) | LCC BL65.W67
(ebook) | DDC 201/.73—dc23
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Contents
Acknowledgements x
Foreword xi
List of contributors xiii
1 Introduction 1
EDWINA PIO, ROBERT KILPATRICK AND TIMOTHY PRATT
SECTION 1
Faithful futures impacting individuals 15
2 Religion and career success: A country-comparative study 17
WOLFGANG MAYRHOFER, MARTIN A. STEINBEREITHNER,
MARCO RAPP, LEA REISS AND DOMINIK ZELLHOFER
3 Leading with faith: Angela Merkel in psychobiographical
perspective 32
CLAUDE-HÉLÈNE MAYER
4 Managing piety, respectability and professionalism
within women’s bodies 47
FITRI OKTAVIANI
5 The problem of ethics in business: Does Vedanta have a solution? 60
ATUL SINHA
SECTION 2
Faithful futures impacting organisations 75
6 Faith and organisational ethics 77
PETER McGHEE
viii Contents
7 Faith in the boardroom: Seeking wisdom in governing
for innovation 90
STEVE TAYLOR
8 The entrepreneurial church 104
PETER LINEHAM
9 Employers’ strategies on faith at work 117
DOROTHEA ALEWELL AND TOBIAS MOLL
10 Normativity in practice: Governance in secular
and faith-based non-proft organisations 131
HELEN CAMERON
11 Faith is not negotiable: The importance of religious
diversity in organisations 144
ANETT HERMANN AND CHRISTIANE ERTEN
12 Religious organisations as a litmus test for true leadership 157
LEONARD BLOKSBERG
13 Wealth creation: the church, its theology, ethics
and business practice 169
ABRAHAM CHIKASA
SECTION 3
Faithful futures impacting society 181
14 Agreement while aggrieved: Negotiating business
in confict and post-confict settings 183
JOCK NOBLE
15 Mining faith to settle confict: Bringing dispute to
the surface in a resolvable fashion 193
MACLEAN NDABEZINHLE DLODLO
16 Using faith-based methods to combat workplace bullying
in Africa 207
KWASI SARKODIE-MENSAH
Contents ix
17 Management of religious diversity in state institutions
in Austria 221
WOLFRAM REISS AND ELISA TROYER
18 Religious literacy and diversity for business 236
BRIAN J. GRIM
19 Faith and fnance 251
SÉAMUS P. FINN OMI
20 Marketing of faith 264
ROBERT KILPATRICK, LOUISE VON SIERAKOWSKI,
GODFREY D’LIMA AND EDWINA PIO
21 Conclusion 278
TIMOTHY PRATT, EDWINA PIO AND ROBERT KILPATRICK
Index 297