Literature map: Evolution of ‘Spiritual intelligence’ and its influence

Abstract

In last few decades' spiritual intelligence as a concept has become popular among researchers and industry people alike. This article traces the journey of structural evolution of spiritual intelligence by reviewing the literature pertaining to it, so the secondary research is used here. Spiritual intelligence consists of two terms ‘spiritual' and ‘intelligence'. How historical milestones in research of these two fields in last century have paved the way forward for spiritual intelligence to come out as a promising concept in itself in 21st century, is shown in form of a literature map. After studying the different aspects of spiritual intelligence, a simple theoretical model of it is presented in the article. The review of literature has shown that spiritual intelligence has a significant positive impact on our lives. Also the ever increasing need of spiritual intelligence to be considered as part of our lives has emerged out especially at workplace, as, we in modern times spend a good amount of our time working and that has presented a host of new challenges in front of us including stress & anxiety. In the end, future scope of research is discussed.