Faith at Work Scale (FWS): Justification, development, and validation of a measure of Judaeo-Christian religion in the workplace

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-243

  Lynn, Monty L ^a   Naughton, Michael J ^b   VanderVeen, Steve ^c  

^a ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Christianity; Faith at Work Scale; Judaism; Psychometric; Scale; Vocation; Workplace religion; Workplace spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649162410     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9767-3     Document Type: Article

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