ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that spiritual capital does in fact exist in the business world and will provide evidence for this position based on a research project that used an anthropological methodology and semi-structured in-depth interviews with a small sample of employees. The interviewees came from a Christian background and had the experience of working in a competitive workplace. Particular attention was paid to the obstacles employees encountered and the influence of organisational culture and leadership styles on their experiences. Employees bring their spiritual capital to the workplace. However, there are many obstacles that inhibit the expression of spiritual resources in a competitive workplace. A culture that creates obstacles to the expression of positive spirituality can be established in an organisation by an autocratic leader, and this culture can carry on long after the leader has left the company. Mitroff and Denton point out that organisations identifying more strongly with spirituality have employees who bring creativity and intelligence to work.
