Facilitating workplace spirituality: Lessons from Indian spiritual traditions

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 847-859

  Pardasani, Rupali ^a   Sharma, Radha R ^a   Bindlish, Puneet ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Organizational behaviour; Spirituality; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914168106     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMD-07-2013-0096     Document Type: Article

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