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Organisational spirituality has gained popularity. While some authors see a spiritually fulfilling workplace as a benefit for employees and organisations alike, critical authors point out the potentially totalising effects of organisations that try to colonise employees' minds, hearts and souls. Whereas most existing critical studies are based on literature analyses and mainly refer to societal developments and how organisations are affected by them, the paper at hand provides a single case study on the organisational level. The case study allows a more detailed examination of how organisations can employ spirituality to serve organisational goals. The article identifies three aspects in which workplace spirituality can be misused: to mislead members about the nature of their work, abou...
... of motivational tapes, videos, books, and tickets for semi-annual rallies such as half-day "Kick-off...
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... their own, such as railway or theatre tickets, stamps, luggage-or cloakroom-tickets are ' movabl...
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... tibetischer Bauer entgegen und bat uns, Tickets zu kaufen, die funf Euro das Stuck gekostet haben,...
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... telefoniert und mit anderen, die keine Tickets bekommen hatten, die Begeisterung besprochen. . Am...
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...If, however, the tickets are bought by the passengers, as is the case with ...
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The article presents the results of an explorative study that aimed at exploring work related issues in students' perceptions of their job as atypical employees. An individual picture of the experienced work reality of students is drawn according to work task, flexible working hours, instructions and training opportunities, students' relations to other employees, and social integration. By adopting a qualitative design, I was able to emphasize the subjective perspective of students describing their very own experiences as flexible workers. The study revealed various perceptions of students working as flexible employees and related this picture to current empirical and theoretical research in the field of non-standard employment.
... of a fast-food restaurant, or to sell tickets and snacks in the cinema. Clearly these tasks do n...