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Religious and Spiritual Needs in Employee Motivation: A Conceptual Framework for Organizational and Economic Behavior

Valery Vladimirovich Glushchenko(1),


(1) Russian State University of Social Technologies
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Abstract


Employee motivation is commonly explained through physiological, security, social, esteem, and self-actualization needs, while religious and spiritual needs receive considerably less attention in organizational motivation models. This conceptual study examines whether religious and spiritual needs can be incorporated into employee motivation theory and interpreted in relation to organizational and economic behavior. The study applies literature analysis, historical analysis, comparative theoretical analysis, and system analysis to examine motivation theory, existential needs, workplace spirituality, and religious needs. The analysis proposes that spiritual needs can be treated as higher-order needs that influence how employees interpret and satisfy other categories of needs. Religious needs are positioned as an important component of this higher-order level because they may shape values, meaning, moral orientation, interpersonal relations, and workplace decisions. The proposed framework extends conventional motivation models and provides a conceptual basis for understanding non-material factors in employee behavior and organizational management. <w:LsdException Lo

Keywords


Employee motivation; Organizational behavior; Religious needs; Spiritual needs; Workplace spirituality

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