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Full Length Research Paper
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Clarifying spiritual
values among organizational development personnel
Akbar Husain and Aqeel Khan*
Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, Faculty
of Education, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
draqeelkhan@gmail.com.
Accepted 17 December 2009 |
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Abstract |
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Values lie
at the core of all human behavior. Initially, it was believed
that human behavior could be best explained in terms of one’s
personality system, including needs, motives, beliefs, goals and
attitudes. But eventually, the emphasis shifted towards values,
as there are many aspects of human behavior that cannot be
attributed to the former concepts, but where values play an
important role. The authors believe that values make personnel
life more meaningful and give them a sense of direction for
organizational performance and development. In this article, the
authors have discussed the sources of values, early assumptions
about values, a value based approach to organizations and value
assessment. Recommendations have also been offered for the human
resource managers to inculcate spiritual values among personnel
that may in turn be fruitful for organizational development.
Key words:
Spiritual values, organizational development. |
