RELIGIOSITY, RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, AND BIAS TOWARDS WORKPLACE OTHERS.

The article examines how and why religion affects employee attitudes and behaviors. Social psychological theory is extended to religious bias at work to empirically establish that differences in religious affiliations affect attitudes about working with other individuals. The moderating effects of religiosity are assessed to find out the boundary conditions vis-à-vis the extent to which co-worker religious affiliation impacts subsequent bias. Religiosity is defined as the strength of one's connections with and convictions to a particular religion. The potential moderating effects of perceiver religiosity are also discussed.