Management Spirituality and Religion: Foundational Research

Celebrating a decade of progress in the fast developing field of management, spirituality and religion, this book provides the crème de la crème of academic scholarship in this crucial field of interest that lies in the intersection of religion/spirituality with management and organization studies, bridging the humanities, the social sciences and business and management. The very best articles that won the coveted ’best paper of the year’ award, sponsored by the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada and published in the top ranked interdisciplinary Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, illustrate the development of thinking over the past decade, showcasing diverse theoretical orientations and methodological approaches, written by the leading scholars in the field. This authoritative collection will be a valued addition to university libraries as much as to specialized interest groups. The book will be serving as key text for teaching and a ’must read’ for anyone wishing to inform themselves of this growing field of scholarship.

Both editors are well-known experts in this field. Yochanan Altman is the book series editor and founding editor of the Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion. Kathryn Pavlovich is the editor-in-chief of JMSR. Both are ’official elders’ of the Academy of Management’s Management, Spirituality & Religion Division. Both are widely published in this maturing field and related management subjects.

Yochanan Altman is a veteran management academic, educated in psychology (BA, MA) and anthropology (PhD). He has worked and researched in over a dozen geographies throughout his career. He is currently Senior Fellow at the Department of Management, WU Vienna, Austria and Honorary Research Fellow with the Center for Research in OB & HR, University of Haifa, Israel. Yochanan is Chair of the International Association of Management Spirituality & Religion. He has published in leading journals such as Academy of Management Annals, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization Studies, Human Resources, Journal of Vocational Behavior; and authored, co-authored and edited some twenty books. Yochanan is former Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, Journal of Managerial Psychology and European Management Review.

Kathryn Pavlovich is Professor of strategic management and entrepreneurship and Director of the Postgraduate Doctoral Programme at the University of Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand. She has published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Business Ethics, Long Range Planning, International Small Business Journal and Tourism Management. She is a past Chair of the Management, Spirituality and Religion Division of the Academy of Management; editor-in-chief of the Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, former associate editor for the Journal of Management Education; and currently on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Perspectives, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of Management Education.