Role of Workplace Spirituality, Empathic Concern and Organizational Politics in Employee Wellbeing: A Study on Police Personnel

Abstract

Employee wellbeing as a central aspect of organizational growth has been widely regarded and accepted. Therefore, a considerable growth in the number of researches focusing on employee wellbeing has been comprehended in recent years. Employee wellbeing characterizes the individual’s own cognitive interpretation of his/her life at work. The present study made an attempt to examine how workplace spirituality, empathic concern and organizational politics influences employee wellbeing. It was hypothesized that empathic concern mediates the relationship between workplace spirituality and employee wellbeing while organizational politics act as a moderator in this relationship. A survey was conducted on 253 employees working in Uttar Pradesh Police department (Uttar Pradesh, India). The results obtained revealed that workplace spirituality, empathic concern and employee wellbeing carries a positive association among them whereas these variables were found to be negatively correlated with organizational politics. Results also depicted that empathic concern significantly mediates between workplace spirituality and employee wellbeing. Further, moderated mediation analysis confirmed employee wellbeing as a function of workplace spirituality, empathic concern and organizational politics. The present study has put forward several practical implications for business practitioners and research directions for academicians, emphasizing upon the need to investigate the comprehensive impact of employee wellbeing in organization and the society as a whole.

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

“…The essence of this approach is focused on the relationships with others, whole dimensions, and the social perspective of spirituality. This approach strengthens the idea that spirituality must be incorporated to create a sense of togetherness and wholeness and increase loyalty, belongings, and attachments at the workplace [ 18 , 57 ].…”

“…After reviewing the literature, convergence takes place majorly in four themes that are recurrent, traceable, and termed as unified agreed upon: (1) integrating oneself with workplace (a complete and confined approach towards self and workplace); (2) purposefulness in work (a complete and confined approach towards self and workplace); (3) wholeness of self (giving up the self for the sake of wholeness and greater good); and (4) increased capabilities and self-understanding at a workplace [ 1 , 30 ]. The above-discussed dimensions are linked and found to be similar in most of the studies undertaken so far and thus include the subsequent parsing [ 29 , 57 ]. Firstly, integrating oneself with the workplace represent a complete and confined approach towards the self and workplace, is termed and explained as an individual’s intention to indulge his overall existence with an individual’s work or organization or not to recheck the spiritual element at the start.…”

“…In turn, the underlying companies should “provide opportunities for workers to experience more personal growth and development” [ 21 ]. It has been quite controversial and confusing to discuss the purpose and rightfulness of workplace spirituality and its underlying connection with the performance of an organization [ 23 , 57 ]. The research undertaken in the ever-growing field of workplace spirituality lacks consolidation and a systematic approach to relating the company’s performance and spirituality.…”

“…According to Ravikumar [ 60 ], the source of occupational stress includes factors, such as overload or even underload, long shifts or not favorable shifts, and the overall environment of the workplace. At times, the roles are not clear, and in a workplace this can lead to [ 57 , 60 ] conflict regarding roles and extent or level of responsibility of others. Relationships at work involve seniors, line members, and even those reporting to an individual.…”

A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Relationship Between Sabbath Practices and US, Canadian, Indonesian, and Paraguayan Teachers’ Burnout

“…Considering workplace contexts outside Christian schools, our findings suggest that employers may be able to address workplace stress, burnout, and their employee’s health through spiritual practices that encourage employees to find meaning in their work or connection to their coworkers (Chirico & Magnavita, 2019 ; Krahnke et al, 2003 ; Yadav et al, 2022 ). Mindfulness interventions and a variety of related psychological programs are examples of spiritual practices, which are not necessarily rooted in any faith tradition (Baker et al, 2021 ; Hwang et al, 2017 ; Luken & Sammons, 2016 ; MacIntyre et al, 2020 ; Zadok-Gurman et al, 2021 ).…”