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Volume : II, Issue : VIII, September - 2012

Spiritual Intelligence For Effective Communication At Workplace

Swayamprabha Satpathy and Malavika Mohapatra

DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

In this paper, the authors have probed into the spiritual perspectives of effective human communications at workplace by integrating various dimensions that are relevant to communication today. Effective workplace communication is essential to the organizations' success. Our communication skills help us to understand not just words; we share meaning, emotion, feelings and attitude, in a fundamental drive to communicate. This emphasizes the process of coming to understand and share each other's point of view effectively; however there is also an intrinsic ability to misunderstand. Human perceptions differ from individual to individual, thus we have multiple forms of communication, along with diverse theories and intelligences that govern the communication process. Yet at the core is the experience of the human spirit that guides, governs and tends all human behavior including communication. Hence this study primarily explores how workplace communication can become effective with heightened spiritual sensitivity and intelligence.

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Swayamprabha Satpathy and Malavika Mohapatra, (2012). Spiritual Intelligence For Effective Communication At Workplace. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VIII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1397.pdf

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