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Spirituality and its Role in Responsible Leadership and Decision-Making
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Siddiqi, LA and Chick, H and Dibben, M, Spirituality and its Role in Responsible Leadership and Decision-Making, Responsible Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making Volume 17, Emerald Publishing Limited, S Savur and S Sandhu (ed), pp. 63-82. ISBN 978-1-78714-416-3 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI: doi:10.1108/S1529-209620170000017009
Abstract
© 2017 by Emerald Publishing Limited. With increasing ethical issues and global corporate scandals, many organisations are now looking to employ well-rounded professionals, who take ownership of their workplace while leading with their heart and soul. These organisations seem to be more concerned with relationship building and future employability (Cunha, Rego, & D'Oliveira, 2006) and are interested in the concept of spirituality with the hope that it could address ethical issues influencing their businesses. 'Spirituality and ethics are core values that have shaped human life from time immemorial' (Mahadevan, 2013, p. 91). Ethics and spirituality are interrelated but different as ethics is about customs and habits, while spirituality is concerned with personal meaningful experiences and differs from person to person, making it hard to define. Organisations moving towards spirituality require leadership that can develop a spiritual climate and their learning and development has to be top priority (Pawar, 2009). This requires management education to appreciate the concept of spirituality and like some universities globally, incorporate it within their programmes (Harris & Crossman, 2005). To explore whether spirituality could be incorporated within the higher education curriculum, my PhD researched academic's viewpoints in selected faculties within a regional university in Australia. This paper reports some of its findings from the data gathered through semi-structured interviews, with a focus on leadership, its relevance to ethics and the teaching of spirituality. Results indicate that academics support the inclusion of spirituality but the programmes need to be carefully designed.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | spirituality education |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Education systems |
| Research Field: | Higher education |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
| UTAS Author: | Siddiqi, LA (Dr Lubna Siddiqi) |
| UTAS Author: | Chick, H (Associate Professor Helen Chick) |
| UTAS Author: | Dibben, M (Associate Professor Mark Dibben) |
| ID Code: | 130376 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2019-01-23 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-04-02 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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