1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780975303321

Autore

Lambert Lake

Titolo

Spirituality, Inc [[electronic resource] ] : religion in the American workplace / / Lake Lambert III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8147-6510-6

1-4416-3386-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

261.8/5

Soggetti

Religion in the workplace - United States

Businesspeople - Religious life - United States

United States Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Finding Meaning in Business -- 2. The Genealogy of Corporate Spirituality -- 3. The Making of a “Christian Company” -- 4. Jesus as a Management Guru -- 5. The Spiritual Education of a Manager -- 6. Team Chaplains, Life Coaches, and Whistling Referees -- 7. The Future of Workplace Spirituality -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

For many Americans spirituality and business seem to be polar opposites: one is concerned with lofty questions of ultimate significance, the other with mundane matters of the daily grind. Yet over the last two decades the two have become increasingly linked, and as the barriers between them are broken down, many see this as a revolutionary shift in American business culture.Lake Lambert III provides a comprehensive examination of the workplace spirituality movement, and explores how it is both shaping and being shaped by American business culture. Situating the phenomenon in an historical context, Lambert surveys the role of spirituality in business from medieval guilds to industrial "company towns" right up to current trends in the ever-changing contemporary business environment. Using case studies from specific businesses, such as Chick-fil-A and



Hobby Lobby, he analyzes the enhanced benefits and support that workplace spirituality offers to employees, while exposing the conflicts it engenders, including diversity, religious freedom, and discrimination issues.The American workplace today is experiencing dramatic upheaval and change. Spirituality, Inc. offers important insights into the role of religion in this transformation. With employees seeking new ways to strike a proper life-work balance and find meaning in their everyday lives, spirituality in the workplace is a trend that will become increasingly important in the American business landscape. Spirituality, Inc. provides a critical overview of this phenomenon that does not ignore the movement's many positive contributions to the workplace, yet does not overlook the potential for abuse.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815280303321

Autore

Gaspa Salvatore

Titolo

Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire : a study of terminology / / Salvatore Gaspa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter Incorporated, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-5015-0269-7

1-5015-0305-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 pages)

Collana

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; ; volume 19

Disciplina

338.4/767700935

Soggetti

Textile industry - Middle East

Textile fabrics - Middle East

Textile industry - Middle East - History

Textile fabrics - Middle East - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The management of textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: sources and administrative practices -- 3. Textile production and consumption in the Neo-Assyrian Empire -- 4. Textiles in the trade



of the Neo-Assyrian Empire -- 5. Garments for kings, queens, soldiers and gods -- 6. Neo-Assyrian textiles: the lexicon -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Tables -- Appendix B: Neo-Assyrian administrative texts dealing with textiles -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of selected textile terms -- Index of selected Akkadian words related to textiles

Sommario/riassunto

The book analyses the Assyrian textile terminology of the first millennium BC. Terms for raw materials, textile procedures, and textile end products consumed in first-millennium BC Assyria are classified according to their meaning and compared with other dialects of Akkadian as well as other Semitic languages. The study also discusses the management of textile production and consumption in Assyria by the state administration.