Individual Spirituality at Work and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, Propensity to Leave and Job Commitment

Chawla, Vaibhav; Sridhar, GR

doi:10.1177/097168581001600203

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“…However, when POP was tested as a moderator in the relationship between WPS and two employee attitude variables, significant and marginally significant interaction effects provided partial support for the third hypothesis, which suggests that employees' perceptions of organizational politics shaped the relationships between WPS and employee attitudes. This study confirmed the findings of previous studies (e.g., Chawla & Guda, 2010;Kinjerski & Skrypnek, 2008;Usman & Danush, 2010;Van der Walt & de Klerk, 2014) that WPS positively influences job satisfaction. However, it should be noted that these studies used WPS scales that have different dimensions (mainly sense of community at work, alignment with organization's values, and meaningful work).…”

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Workplace Spirituality and Employee Attitudes: Moderating Role of Organizational Politics

Shrestha

2017

J. Bus. Mgt. Res.

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There is growing interest in examining the influence of workplace spirituality (WPS) on employee attitudes. However, there is still lack of studies that examine the relationships between WPS and employee attitudes and moderating effect of other variables on these relationships. This study examined the relationships between WPS and two job attitude variables -job satisfaction and job involvement. It also examined the moderating effect of perceptions of organizational politics (POP) on these relationships. Survey questionnaire was used to collect data from 500 employees working in two Nepali organizations, of which 480 questionnaires were used for further analysis. Structural equation modeling and multiple moderated regression analyses were used to test the hypothesized relationships. Results indicated that WPS is significantly positively related to job satisfaction and job involvement and POP moderates the relationship between WPS and job involvement. Research implications are discussed and limitations of the study are highlighted.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Workplace Spirituality and Employee Attitudes: Moderating Role of Organizational Politics

Shrestha

2017

J. Bus. Mgt. Res.

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“…An earlier study conducted by Milliman et al (2003) among part-time employees revealed significant positive relationships between certain dimensions of spirituality and job satisfaction. Later, other studies have also shown that in organizations where spirituality is respected, employees experience greater job satisfaction (Pawar, 2009;Chawla & Guda, 2010;Altaf & Awan, 2011;Lazar, 2010). Hence, employees whose spiritual needs are fulfilled tend to be more satisfied with their jobs.…”

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Reducing Deviant Behavior through Workplace Spirituality and Job Satisfaction

Ahmad¹,

Omar²

2014

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Despite the growing number of studies on workplace spirituality, there is still lack of studies that have explored the relationships between workplace spirituality, job attitudes and behaviors. The purpose of this paper is to propose a model on the relationship between workplace spirituality and workplace deviant behaviour with job satisfaction as a mediator. Workplace spirituality is expected to correlate negatively with workplace deviant behaviour and positively with job satisfaction, and job satisfaction is expected to correlate negatively with workplace deviant behaviour. Drawing from social control theory, social exchange theory and previous literature, we hypothesize that job satisfaction mediates the relationship between workplace spirituality and workplace deviant behaviour. According to this proposed model, an employee who experienced workplace spirituality is more likely to be satisfied with work and will not engage in workplace deviant behaviour. Given the potential effect of workplace spirituality on workplace deviant behaviour via job satisfaction, there is a need for organizations to create a culture of spirituality at the workplace.

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“…The relationship between workplace spirituality and its outcomes has also been well documented. Previous empirical research has revealed a positive relationship between workplace spirituality and job satisfaction (Chawla & Guda, 2010;Milliman et al, 2003), organizational performance (Neck & Milliman, 1994) and organizational commitment (Chawla & Guda, 2010;Milliman et al, 2003) and a negative relationship with the intention to quit (Chawla & Guda, 2010).…”

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Spirituality as an antecedent of trust and network commitment: The case of Anatolian Tigers

Kurt

Yamin

Sinkovics

et al. 2016

European Management Journal

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This paper investigates the role of spirituality in network commitment and trust building through a focus on the specific network context of Anatolian Tigers from Turkey. Despite the previous research employing utilitarian perspectives to explain the antecedents of commitment, the aim here is to understand the role played by spirituality, a higher-order dimension of human life, in commitment at a network level. The study adopts a survey approach. A hundred and twenty questionnaires were conducted through face-to-face meetings with owners/managers of the sample firms. A partial least squares (PLS) path modelling approach is employed to examine relationships through a 'soft-modelling' analysis, using SmartPLS 3. The results empirically confirm that spirituality operates as a significant antecedent of network commitment and trust in the context of networks among Anatolian Tigers. Furthermore, it is found that neither the length of membership nor the firm size has any significant effect on network commitment. The paper contributes to the understanding of antecedents of network commitment by going beyond traditional economic perspectives whose argument, historically, has been that commitment is driven by utilitarian, profit-and utility-maximizing motivations and economic self-interests. Keywords AbstractThis paper investigates the role of spirituality in network commitment and trust building through a focus on the specific network context of Anatolian Tigers from Turkey. Despite the previous research employing utilitarian perspectives to explain the antecedents of commitment, the aim here is to understand the role played by spirituality, a higher-order dimension of human life, in commitment at a network level. The study adopts a survey approach. One hundred and twenty questionnaires were conducted through face-to-face meetings with owners/managers of the sample firms. A partial least squares path modelling approach is employed to examine relationships through a 'soft-modelling' analysis, using SmartPLS 3. The results empirically confirm that spirituality operates as a significant antecedent of network commitment and trust in the context of networks among Anatolian Tigers. Furthermore, it is found that neither the length of membership nor the firm size has any significant effect on network commitment. The paper contributes to the understanding of antecedents of network commitment by going beyond traditional economic perspectives whose argument, historically, has been that commitment is driven by utilitarian, profit-and utility-maximizing motivations and economic self-interests.

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Individual Spirituality at Work and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, Propensity to Leave and Job Commitment

Cited by 117 publications

References 22 publications

Workplace Spirituality and Employee Attitudes: Moderating Role of Organizational Politics

Workplace Spirituality and Employee Attitudes: Moderating Role of Organizational Politics

Reducing Deviant Behavior through Workplace Spirituality and Job Satisfaction

Spirituality as an antecedent of trust and network commitment: The case of Anatolian Tigers

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