Servant Leadership in Action: A Study on Enhancing Workplace Spirituality in the Indian Banking Sector

Abstract

The current article pursued to analyze the relationship between the servant leadership approach and workplace spirituality in the Indian banking sector, which is characterized by a highly distant power culture. The authors investigated the correlation between servant leadership and workplace spirituality construct (Meaningfulness, Interconnectedness, Value Alignment, and Innerness) among branch-level employees of India's leading public and private sector banking institutions. The Servant Leadership Survey (SLS) and Workplace Spirituality (WPS) questionnaires were administered to obtain complete information from a total of 280 respondents from Delhi and Delhi (NCR). Data analyses were performed using SPSS version 20. Simple Linear Regression evaluated the robustness of servant leadership's effect on workplace spirituality. The authors found a statistically significant association between servant leadership and workplace spirituality construct. The present study's outcomes can broaden the applicability of servant leadership research throughout different cultures and geographical regions, offering valuable insights to bankers concerning servant leadership's effectiveness in enhancing employee spiritual consciousness and professional fulfillment.