Spiritual Leadership and Work-life Balance

Abstract

This study examines the relationship of spiritual leadership with multiple dimensions of employees' work-life balance and how employees' spiritual well-being, life satisfaction, and Confucian values intervene in these relationships in an Asian (South Korean) context. The findings of this study suggest that spiritual leadership plays a positive role in helping employees achieve work-life balance, comprised of family, leisure, and growth dimensions, and that this relationship is moderated by Confucian values. Additionally, the serial mediating role of spiritual well-being and life satisfaction explained how spiritual leadership can also influence work-life dimensions. The study suggests that employees' integration of work and non-work roles can be enhanced as an organization initiates spiritual leadership practices that enable a life-friendly workplace. To influence work-life balance, a dual-approach of policies and practices is recommended that mutually aligns organizational and individuals' values and captures employees' needs for well-being and life satisfaction.