Spirituality and performance in organizations: A literature review

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-106

  Karakas, Fahri ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefits; Caveats; Human resources; Organizations; Performance; Review; Spirituality at work; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953545252     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0251-5     Document Type: Review

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