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Integrating Workplace and Organizational Spirituality with Sustainability for Organizational Success

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In this chapter I propose that the combination of workplace spirituality and sustainability are beneficial for business and organizational success. Existing literature will be synthesized to demonstrate the benefits, along with interviews to assist with practical application of workplace spirituality and sustainability on a business/organizational level. I included a comment in Chapter 12 concerning the intuitive sense that spirituality and sustainability would contribute to the success of an individual, which nonetheless would require a theoretical foundation or framework which can be researched and proven to be considered scientifically valid.

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Beehner, C.G. (2024). Integrating Workplace and Organizational Spirituality with Sustainability for Organizational Success. In: Spirituality, Sustainability, and Success. Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47643-3_13

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