Acknowledging others as 'whole beings'. Managers' perceptions of spirituality and health in the South African workplace

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-301

  Honiball, George ^a   Geldenhuys, Dirk ^a   Mayer, Claude Hélène ^a,b  

^a Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology ^*  (South Africa)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIRITUALITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84903278689     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2014.881331     Document Type: Article

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