Shuchi Sinha

Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Knowledge Sharing Intention: A Conceptual Framework

Knowledge forms a crucial source for gaining competitive advantage and its sharing a dominant challenge facing several organizations. In this paper we propose a positive role of workplace spirituality (WPS) (at individual and collective levels) on knowledge sharing intention (KSI) by employing the theory of decomposed planned behaviour. We argue that WPS with its focus on inner spirit, meaningful work, sense of interconnectedness and alignment with organizational values and mission positively strengthens an individual’s knowledge sharing attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural controls (thereby, strengthening their KSI) by affecting the underlying behavioural, normative and control beliefs. We also take into account the role of transformational leadership (TL) in creating a pro-social working environment, which facilitates knowledge sharing. In proposing a holistic and multi-level framework linking WPS (at individual and collective levels) and TL with KSI, this paper contributes to both, knowledge sharing and WPS literatures.

Narratives of fate and misfortune in organizational life: Stories of success and failure

In this paper, we discuss how both success and failure induce anxiety, and how narratives help defend against it. We argue, using a psychoanalytic approach, that these narratives become culturally embedded through sharing and approval, and they become available as resources that are often drawn upon unconsciously when faced with anxiety-provoking experiences. Empirically, we draw upon data about Indian employees in India. The Indian cultural context offers rich insights into the interrelatedness of success and failure, anxiety, and narratives as defences in responses to these experiences.

Facilitating Workplace Spirituality: A Study of Organizational Values and Practices

Organizational science is witnessing a substantial change by considering workplace spirituality as an organizational variable that affects employee behaviour and organizational performance (Ashmos and Duchon, J Manage Inquiry, 9(2):134–145, 2000). The central idea behind the integration of spirituality at the workplace is to facilitate employees’ experience of meaning, connectedness and purpose in their life, which has been found to affect employees’ work attitudes, job satisfaction, intention to leave and organizational commitment positively (Milliman et al., J Organ Change Manag, 16(4):426–447, 2003; Chawla and Guda, J Hum Values, 16(2):157–167, 2010). In this chapter, we analyze the practices and values adopted by three prominent organizations in India, to identify factors which facilitate workplace spirituality. Data highlights the role of spiritual climate and leadership support in facilitating the experience and development of spirituality at workplace. This chapter offers insights for researchers and practitioners (such as organization development experts) and suggests several future research possibilities to enrich our understanding of workplace spirituality (WPS).

Developing Flexible Leaders Flexibly

The chapter presents a review of the prominent research on leadership and leadership development to highlight the need for a holistic view of leadership development; taking into account the selection of potential leaders, development of leadership capabilities, evaluation of the leadership development process and its outcomes, as per the leadership philosophy, culture and requirement of an organization. We propose a holistic model and approach for leadership development, which can help organizations to design and implement systematic and customizable interventions to develop effective leadership and leaders flexibly.

Analysis of Stakeholders Within IoT Ecosystem

Internet of Things (IoT) as a field consists of multiple coexisting and competing products and platforms. IoT business ecosystem represents community of firms interacting with each other as well with the socioeconomic environment. To survive, the firms must cooperate as well as compete by using a common set of resources like hardware, software, platforms, standards that cater to the connectivity of connected devices, applications developed, provisioning services, assurance of quality and billing, etc. This paper analyzes prominent literature, reports, and white papers on the community psychology of members or players in the IoT ecosystem. Some of the key findings in this paper highlight that (i) the firms join the IoT ecosystem community due to their dependency on the ecosystem; (ii) they are motivated to bring in quality of life to the citizens via delivering cost-effective goods and services while focusing on profitable growth; (iii) depending on the role they play in the IoT value chain, their aspirations could differ from each other; and (iv) areas of special attention required around various challenges to ensure IoT ecosystem remain promising to stakeholders.