"Carriers of hope." Creating organizational spaces of hope during COVID-19
Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion
; 19(4):341-363, 2022.
Article
in English
| APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2258423
ABSTRACT
In this empirical study, we aim to explore how organizations can be targets of hope during COVID-19. More specifically, we ask how do managers create spaces of hope, and what are the underlying mechanisms facilitating these processes of hope in a crisis situation? Based on an investigation of essays written by managers prior to and during the COVID- 19 pandemic and drawing on analyses from a focus group interview with managers, this article shows how creating organizational spaces of hope is part of a dynamic, relational and spiritual process. The managers are working on recognizing and affirming the organizational members' situation, helping them envision hope through a process of noticing despair, searching for meaning, and creating actions of hope to establish a horizon of possibilities. This hope process is facilitated through group reflection in safe spaces as well as times of slow-thinking, enabling hope practices in organizations to be part of viewing future horizons. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
management practice; workplace spirituality; organizations; hope; organizing hope; COVID-19; challenging crisis; safe spaces; managers; underlying mechanisms, *Hope, *Management Personnel, *Organizations, *Spirituality, *covid-19, Management, Practice, Management & Management Training [3640], Human Adulthood (18 yrs & older), Norway
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Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion
Year:
2022
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