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@article{210585,
        author = {Mr. Sudhir Mali and Dr. Anand B. Dadas},
        title = {Beyond Workplace Rituals: Voluntariness, Inclusion, and Psychological Safety in Meaning-Supportive HR Practices},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {6},
        pages = {1572-1581},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=210585},
        abstract = {Although workplace spirituality has been associated with meaning, community, and positive work attitudes, efforts by managers to formalize spiritual values may simultaneously endanger autonomy, marginalize minority identities, and transform personal meaning into an instrument of control. This exploratory integrative review addresses an insufficiently developed issue: the circumstances under which human resource (HR) practices that support meaning continue to be legitimate and inclusive within pluralistic industrial workplaces. Engaging critically with foundational and contemporary scholarship on workplace spirituality, self-determination theory, inclusion, psychological safety, organizational justice, meaningful work, and sustainable HRM, the review constructs a four-part framework consisting of voluntariness, worldview inclusion, psychological safety, and procedural safeguards. The synthesis delineates three tensions care versus control, shared purpose versus identity pluralism, and organizational commitment versus employees' right to withhold personal beliefs and advances six propositions for theory building. Instead of presuming that formal adoption yields benefits, the framework positions employees' perceived legitimacy of the practice as a central mechanism. The paper further offers an exploratory research agenda for Indian manufacturing contexts, encompassing multilevel designs, comparative qualitative inquiry, and measures that distinguish workplace meaning from religious expression and participation pressure. No new field data or effect estimates are presented. The contribution consists of a boundary-conditions account of how organizations may support meaning without mandating belief or deploying spirituality instrumentally.},
        keywords = {Workplace Spirituality; Meaningful Work; Strategic Human Resource Management; Autonomy; Religious Inclusion; Psychological Safety; Manufacturing; Integrative Literature Review.},
        month = {November},
        }