Exploring the generative potential between positive organizational scholarship and management, spirituality, and religion research

Abstract

Though conceptually distinct, the fields of positive organizational scholarship (POS) and management, spirituality, and religion (MSR) consider various phenomena in common. In this paper, we address a range of topics that both disciplines explore, as well as topics that are exclusive to one domain but that may inform and enrich the other. We identify shared criticisms that both domains have faced and highlight different paths each field has taken toward establishing legitimacy. Our aim is to identify mutually relevant terrain where MSR research and POS can inform and enrich each other.

Keywords:

• management
• spirituality and religion
• positive organizational scholarship
• MSR
• POS
• SRW