Abstract
Background and Aims:Career motivation in university educators through efficient ways and appropriate with the educational system, is considered one of the important factors affecting education of students and their competence. This study aimed to determine the relationship between career motivation and spiritual leadership among a university of medical sciences in the west, Iran.Methods:This descriptive, cross-sectional correlation study was conducted among the university educators of medical sciences in the west, Iran in 2012. All of the educators (N=230) were selected and recruited according to census method. The data were collected by two established self-completed questionnaires on spiritual leadership (SL) and career motivation.Data were analyzed statistically by parametric tests:Pearson correlation, independent student t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).Results:The Pearson correlation test identified a significant relationship between educators’ career motivation and vision, altruistic love, hope/faith, meaning/calling and membership dimensions of spiritual leadership (p<0.05). The independent t-test detected a significant relationship between the ‘hope/faith’ (p=0.04) and organizational commitment (p=0.004) dimensions and the gender of educators. ANOVA revealed significant differences in educators’ years of work experience and their overall career motivation (p=0.003) and the dimension of ‘membership’ (p<0.04). A significant relationship was found in ‘altruistic love’ and ‘Hope/faith’, and the educators’ academic rank place in the university (p=0.03). Also a significant relationship was found in ‘vision’ (p=0.03) and ‘altruistic love’ (p=0.002) and ‘membership’ (p=0.04) dimensions, and the type of faculty.Conclusion:The results indicate that the dimensions of existence of spiritual leadership may have a positive relationship with educators’ career motivation.
Highlights
In the present era, with economic growth and technological changes, some organizations adopted the necessary changes to create a favorable environment to attract, maintain and motivate employees to improve their performance (Franceschini & Turina, 2013; Geijsel, Sleegers, Leithwood, & Jantzi, 2003)
The independent t-test detected a significant relationship between the ‘hope/faith’ (p=0.04) and organizational commitment (p=0.004) dimensions and the gender of educators
The results indicate that the dimensions of existence of spiritual leadership may have a positive relationship with educators’ career motivation
Summary
With economic growth and technological changes, some organizations adopted the necessary changes to create a favorable environment to attract, maintain and motivate employees to improve their performance (Franceschini & Turina, 2013; Geijsel, Sleegers, Leithwood, & Jantzi, 2003). Vol 6, No 2; 2014 dissatisfaction, lack of trust in organizations, global economic crisis, and increase in unemployment, demonstrated that rational actions of organizations to satisfy the demands of employees was unsuccessful This yielded the need for enrichment in the work environment and meaningful work (Cullen, Edwards, Casper, & Gue, 2013; Lips-Wiersma & Wright, 2012). This study aimed to determine the relationship between career motivation and spiritual leadership among a university of medical sciences in the west, Iran
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