Dragons, spheres, and flashlights: appropriate research approaches for studying workplace spirituality
Transpersonal psychology studies experiences in which one’s sense of identity; stage of development; state of consciousness; and ways of knowing, being, and doing can be expanded beyond those typically considered in conventional psychology. It addresses issues of spirituality,
ego‐transcendence, wisdom, psychospiritual growth and development, personal and societal transformation, and wholeness. Its new forms of transpersonal inquiry similarly expand research praxis by extending the types of topics and questions that may be explored; the ways data can be collected,
treated, and reported; the disciplines, time‐frames, and experiences that can inform the research project; and the ways the investigator’s own personal and spiritual nature and processes can enhance research. This article addresses ways in which transpersonal inquiry can supplement
more established quantitative and qualitative research approaches in exploring workplace spirituality by including spiritually related practices of the researcher in the research enterprise and by its greater emphasis on values and transformation.
Keywords: research methods; spirituality; transformation; transpersonal; workplace
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California, USA
Publication date: 01 March 2009
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