Religious Diversity in the Workplace

This handbook provides a timely analysis of religious diversity in organizations, investigating the role of national context, the intersections of religion with ethnicity and gender, and approaches to diversity management. It is ideal for academics and practitioners in management, religion, sociology, human resource management, cross-cultural management, governance, and diversity management.

Employees bring their beliefs and religious values to work, and this can be a source of either positive performance or negative conflict. Social conflicts around religion impact more than societies and communities. They also impact organizations. ''Anti-religion'' sentiments tend to be based on the perception that religion can be neatly separated from the ''more acceptable/palatable'' spirituality, but this ignores the fact that - for most people - the two are intimately intertwined and inseparable. As religious identity is salient for a majority of the world''s population, it is thus an important aspect of organizations - particularly those with a large and diverse body of employees. This handbook provides a timely and necessary analysis of religious diversity in organizations, investigating the role of national context, the intersections of religion with ethnicity and gender, and approaches to diversity management.