ABSTRACT
Interest in spirituality continues to grow, both in the United States and globally. Whether instigated by widespread values shifts, increasing social anomie, or a search for meaning in a world seemingly increasingly chaotic, the search for spiritual meaning has extended well beyond the personal to the professional arena. This evolution is clearly evident in the organizational sciences, where the topic of workplace spirituality is being embraced by academic researchers (see Cavanagh 1999; Sass 2000) and practitioners alike (Laabs 1996). Some assert that spiritual solutions have been sought to ease tumultuous social and business changes (e.g., Cash, Gray, and Rood 2000; Mitroff and Denton 2000), others argue that profound changes in values globally have brought a growing social consciousness and spiritual renaissance (e.g., Inglehart 1997; Neal 1998), and a few attribute it to a growing interest in philosophies Eastern (Brandt 1996). While the reasons for this emergent paradigm likely extend beyond a single source (see Giacalone and Jurkiewicz 2003 for a full review), the increasing attention is undeniable.
