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The Individual

In: Religion and Organizational Stigma at Work

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  • Stanley Bruce Thomson

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As previously discussed, the religious aspects of one’s life are not switched off when an individual goes to work (Mitroff 2003). Religion is an aspect of an individual’s life that is deeply personal and shapes the core of the values and beliefs of that person (Benefiel, 2003; Cavanagh & Bandsuch, 2002). Fornaciari and Dean (2001) stated that humans were “non-rational and emotional creatures that often defy the neat, behavioural description offered by the accepted positivist model” (2001, p. 338). With that in mind and the extremely personal context of religion and the exploratory nature of the research, the use of qualitative methodologies was deemed more appropriate. With the exploratory focus of the research, grounded theory was deemed the most appropriate qualitative approach. Two qualitative methods were selected as primary data collection methods: semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Grounded theory’s reiterative analysis process and use of categorization (themes, categories, subcategories, and properties) guided the analysis procedure. The data for the project was collected from seventeen interviews and four focus groups (total of forty-seven participants).

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  • Stanley Bruce Thomson, 2015. "The Individual," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Religion and Organizational Stigma at Work, chapter 0, pages 41-82, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-51456-1_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137514561_3
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