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Is the spirit ‘missing’ in the discourse of management, spirituality and religion?
Haq, Shoaib Ul
2021In Smith, J. Gosby (Ed.) Blessed are Those Who Ask the Questions: What Should we be Asking About Management, Leadership, Spirituality, and Religion in Organizations?
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Keywords :
Spirituality, discourse, Islam, sufism
Abstract :
[en] The community of MSR (Management, Spirituality and Religion) can be conceptualized as a ‘discourse community’ since it is a group bound by similar social practices and a common focus on the relationship between spirituality/religion and contemporary organizations. This community is guided by certain normative assumptions including humans as physical creatures endowed only with reason & sense-perception, this-worldly focus and neglect of other-worldly concerns, rationality as the dominant mode of knowing, independence of spirituality from religion, lack of engagement with transcendental issues and an instrumental use of spirituality in organizations. It seems that MSR is locked in these modernist epistemic commitments and if it wants to grow as a discipline, it would need to critically evaluate these commitments and rework its discourses. Here, Sufism or Islamic mysticism can help by pointing out the nature and characteristics of the human spirit and the ways it can be transformed. In this way, Sufism provides a radical point of departure in order to save the MSR community from the blind alley in which it is currently trapped.
Research center :
CES - Centre d'Économie Sociale - ULiège
Disciplines :
Business & economic sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Haq, Shoaib Ul ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège : UER > UER Management : Social Investment and Philanthropy
Language :
English
Title :
Is the spirit ‘missing’ in the discourse of management, spirituality and religion?
Alternative titles :
[en] Management and spirituality
Publication date :
2021
Main work title :
Blessed are Those Who Ask the Questions: What Should we be Asking About Management, Leadership, Spirituality, and Religion in Organizations?
Editor :
Smith, J. Gosby
Publisher :
Information Age Publishing
ISBN/EAN :
978-1-64802-430-6
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
Discourse analysis
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