Spiritualita v manažerských profesích: kvalitativní studie v českém kontextu

• Authors: Lenka Jedličková , Tomáš Bubík

Title variants

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Spirituality in managerial professions: a qualitative study in the Czech context

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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This article presents a qualitative study that explores how managers in the secular Czech context perceive and experience spirituality in their professional lives. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of interviews with twenty participants, the study reveals that spirituality is rarely associated with organized religion and instead takes on individualized, intuitive, and pragmatic forms. It serves as a means of pursuing self-development, coping with stress and existential crises, and finding deeper meaning in work. Personal rituals, meditation, symbolic objects, and a strong emphasis on value integrity play a significant role. The study also highlights skepticism towards corporate-driven spiritual initiatives, which are often perceived as superficial or inauthentic. The findings illustrate the dynamic and multifaceted nature of spirituality in managerial practice and show that even in a highly secular society, it can be a vital source of professional identity, ethical decision-making, and psychological well-being among leadership professionals.

Keywords

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workplace spirituality; managerial identity; secular context; phenomenological analysis (IPA); individualized spirituality

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 112
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 289-321
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Lenka Jedličková

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

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Tomáš Bubík

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic