Religious expression in the workplace—from wearing symbols of one's beliefs to discussing faith at work—varies from geographic location to location, with Christians more likely to express their faith in the South, Jews most likely in the Northeast and Muslims most likely to do so out West, according to a new paper from researchers at Rice University's Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance and its Religion and Public Life Program, Purdue University, West Virginia University and Wheaton College.
In"The Role of Region and Religious Tradition in Predicting Individuals' Expressions of Faith in the Workplace," part of the"Faith at Work: An Empirical Study," primary investigator Elaine Howard Ecklund, co-PI Denise Daniels and the research team examined if and how regional and local culture contributes to different styles of religious expression.
Using two measures of religious expression—displaying or wearing religious items at work and talking about religion at work—the data show workplace religious expression is shaped by how workers' religious tradition intersects with their regional culture. Ecklund said this suggests that regional circumstances can sometimes override religious subcultures to determine if and how people express their religion in the workplace.
For instance, after accounting for other religious and demographic characteristics, 8.47% of Catholics in the South strongly agree that they wear faith items in the workplace compared to 3.69% of Catholics in the West. Similarly, 6.91% of evangelical-conservative Protestants in the South strongly agree that they wear faith items in the workplace compared to 2.56% of similar individuals in the West.
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