Spiritual Intelligence And Work Engagement: A Study Of Royal Malaysia Police

Abstract

Spiritual intelligence is an important element to police officers as it drives them into a service task such as participating in organisational citizenship behaviour. This study examines the association between the spiritual intelligence and work engagement among 372 Royal Malaysia Police officers in five states of Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Sarawak and Sabah. Hypothesis testing was analysed using PLS-SEM analysis. The results of the study indicate positive relationship between three construct of spiritual intelligence including transcendental awareness (TA); personal meaning making (PMP); and critical existential thinking (CET). The study identifies non-significant relationship one dimension of spiritual intelligence consisting of conscious state expansion) (CSE) with work engagement. The findings demonstrate that the spiritual intelligence is important factor for police officer in increasing their work engagement and subsequently increase the loyalty of the police officers to their contingent. Practically, the result of this study show that leadership of police officer in Malaysia cannot neglect the importance of the spiritual aspects to their officers.