Relationship between Different Dimensions of Workplace Spirituality and Psychological Well-Being: Measuring Mediation Analysis through Conditional Process Modeling

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the relationship between workplace spirituality, compassion, relationship with others at work, spiritual orientation, organizational value and alignment of personal values, and psychological well-being among universities’ teachers. Further, the mediating effect of job stress was also identified between workplace spirituality and psychological well-being. Similarly, the mediation of environmental mastery between organizational values and alignment of personal values and psychological well-being was examined. Finally, we examined the mediation of personal growth between spiritual orientation and psychological well-being. The data were collected through a structured and adapted five-point Likert scale using a purposive sampling technique, with a total sample of 873 male and female university teachers working in the private and government universities. We employed structural equation modeling to check the relationship among the considered variables for analysis purposes. The results show a strong positive relationship between the independent and dependent variables. The findings further demonstrated that the mediation analysis confirms that job stress mediates the relationship between workplace spirituality and psychological well-being, and environmental mastery mediates between organizational values and alignment of personal values and psychological well-being. Finally, personal growth mediates between spiritual orientation and psychological well-being. To maintain the excellent quality of education, educational institutes need to identify and imply the practice of workplace spirituality that will help to reduce job stress and improve the psychological well-being of universities’ teachers, thus resulting in better educational output.

Bibliometric analysis and research directions concerning visualization of workplace spirituality

“…Keywords such as job involvement, job satisfaction, leadership, organizational justice, psychological well-being, and spirituality at work. The existing research studies discuss and confirm that a greater level of spirituality in the workplace strengthens job satisfaction (Adawiyah et al, 2020;Ahmad and Omar, 2014;Belwalkar et al, 2018;Dubey et al, 2020), psychological well-being (Ahmed et al, 2022;Koburtay and Alzoubi, 2020;Mahipalan and Sheena, 2019), and leadership (Alfarajat and Emeagwali, 2021;Dubey et al, 2020;Riasudeen and Singh, 2020).…”

“…This cluster comprises 27 articles to represent publications from 2012 to 2022 and eight articles published in 2020. The existing research studies discuss and confirm that a greater level of spirituality in the workplace strengthens job satisfaction (Adawiyah et al, 2020;Ahmad and Omar, 2014;Belwalkar et al, 2018;Dubey et al, 2020), psychological well-being (Ahmed et al, 2022;Koburtay and Alzoubi, 2020;Mahipalan and Sheena, 2019), and leadership (Alfarajat and Emeagwali, 2021;Dubey et al, 2020;Riasudeen and Singh, 2020). Most studies used theories such as dispositional theory, needs fulfilment theory, social control theory, the broaden and build theory of positive emotions, and servant leadership to describe the phenomena.…”

Psychological Well-Being of Pre-Service Training Teachers

“…The absence of an internal locus of control among student teachers can impede their personal development and make them susceptible to feelings of uncertainty in various life situations. Ahmed et al (2022), also Šveb Dragija and Jelinčić, (2022) further elaborated that workrelated stress and a dearth of engaging and interactive experiences act as catalysts for low enthusiasm toward personal growth.…”

The effect of workplace spirituality on employees' contextual performance through work effectiveness

“…Risgiyanti et al (2020) stated that good work spirituality supported by a work attitude in the form of good spirituality can be used to achieve positive organizational growth. Additionaly, individuals seek to bring spiritual values into the workplace to find meaningful work (Ahmed et al, 2022). Furthermore, studies show that highly spiritual organizations grow more quickly, become more effective, and have higher fantastic rates of return (Garg, 2020;Garg et al, 2022;Al-Mahdy et al, 2022).…”