Spirituality in organizations?

Abstract This article aims to describe how organizational spirituality has been dealt with in national and international research. Thus, a review of literature was carried out, based on a systematic search on literature on the Scopus and SciELO databases. The survey revealed 551 articles, but only 118 were available as full-documents. After reading the articles, 72 were selected for analysis. From the selected articles, seven major themes were identified and are covered in this article: factors that encourage spirituality to develop in organizations; the differences between spirituality and religion; the definition/concept of organizational spirituality; the benefits of spirituality for organizations; the dimensions of spirituality in organizations; the values of spirituality in organizations, and ways of identifying/measuring spirituality in organizations. In general, it was found that the theme of organizational spirituality is gaining momentum among academics and managers and can no longer be ignored. Although research performed until now has provided encouraging results, more research is required, including empirical research, in order to elucidate and consolidate an understanding of the theme, as well as its importance for people and organizations.

摘要 本文旨在梳理国内外研究中对组织灵性（organizational spirituality）的探讨脉络。为此，本文基于Scopus与SciELO数据库开展系统性文献检索，进而完成一篇文献综述。本次检索共得到551篇文献，但仅118篇可获取完整全文。经逐篇研读后，最终筛选出72篇用于后续分析。从入选文献中，本文归纳出七大核心主题并进行阐述：推动组织灵性发展的动因、灵性与宗教的内涵差异、组织灵性的定义/概念、组织灵性对组织的益处、组织灵性的维度构成、组织灵性的价值内核，以及组织灵性的识别与测量方法。总体而言，研究发现组织灵性议题在学术界与企业管理界均渐成热点，已不容回避。尽管现有研究已取得令人振奋的成果，但仍需开展更多研究（包括实证研究），以厘清并巩固对该议题的认知，同时明确其对个体与组织的重要意义。