Philosophical foundations of workplace spirituality: A critical approach

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-600

  Gotsis, George ^a   Kortezi, Zoi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consequential approaches; Contextual models; Deontology; Organisational positive outcomes; Respectful pluralism; Utilitarianism; Virtue ethics; Workplace spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749107874     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9369-5     Document Type: Article

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