1489: Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Findings of Religion in the Workplace (13766)

Session Chair(s)

• DD

  Denise Daniels

  Wheaton College, United States

Discussant(s)

• DL

  Derek Lief

  U. of Michigan, United States
• RP

  Reed Priest

  U. of Minnesota

Presenter(s)

• HC

  Helen Chung

  Seattle Pacific U., United States

Participant(s)

• AK

  Annie Kato

  Seattle Pacific U., United States

Presenter(s)

• ML

  Min-Dong Lee

  Wheaton College, United States

Participant(s)

• HS

  Hannah Stolze

  Lipscomb U.
• EH

  Elaine Howard Ecklund

  Rice U., United States

Religion is one of, if not the most important part of many employees’ identities. Because faith-based values, practices, and assumptions inform many customer and employee behaviors within organizational settings, it is productive to consider religion’s implications across multiple levels of analysis within the organization. Structured around micro, meso, and macro levels of analysis, this symposium addresses relevant research findings of religion at work. At the micro level we examine the differences in individual expressions of faith at work between managers and employees. At the meso level we examine the impact of religious employee resource groups on perceived meaning and DEI outcomes, the relationship between the religious mission of an organization and its employees’ experience of meaning, as well as how organizations’ religious identities may attract more diverse employees. Finally, at the macro level we examine how a religious best workplace certification connects with organizations’ ratings on online evaluation sites. Attendees from both applied and academic fields will benefit from a more well-rounded understanding of religion’s influence on organizational dynamics and outcomes.

Presentations:

• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1489: Differences in Internalized and Externalized Faith Expression Among Managers and Employees (13766)
  

  Author: Denise Daniels – Wheaton College

  Author: Min-Dong Lee – Wheaton College

  Author: Hannah Stolze – Lipscomb U.
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1489: Religious Employee Resource Groups: Outcomes for Organizations and Their Employees (13766)
  

  Author: Helen Chung – Seattle Pacific U.

  Author: Annie Kato – Seattle Pacific U.
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1489: When the Heart of the Matter is a Matter of the Heart: Organizational Alignment and Worker Calling (13766)
  

  Author: Denise Daniels – Wheaton College

  Author: Elaine Howard Ecklund – Rice U.

  Author: Derek Lief – U. of Michigan
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1489: Religious Organizational Identity and the Attraction of Human Capital: A Field Experiment (13766)
  

  Author: Derek Lief – U. of Michigan
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1489: Christian Certification Minimally Relates to Organizations’ Glassdoor and Indeed Presences (13766)
  

  Author: Reed Priest – U. of Minnesota