Paying the devil his due: Limits and liabilities of workplace spirituality

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-62

  Polley, Douglas ^a   Vora, Jay ^a   Subbanarasimha, P N ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limits; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993093653     PISSN: 19348835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb028997     Document Type: Review

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