Abstract
The aim of this paper is to argue that workplace spirituality may have an impact on enhancing the performance of employees. Hence, it focuses on the ways through which workplace spirituality can boost performance. 
 
 The paper proposes a theoretical model regarding the links between five elements of workplace spirituality (team’s sense of community, alignment between organizational and individual values, sense of contribution to the community, sense of enjoyment at work and opportunities for the inner life) and employee performance. The theoretic model is then tested empirically using a spiritual modelling partial least squares analysis of a survey data set of 145 observations, collected from members of the Abu Dhabi University community. 
 
 The presence of workplace spirituality in an organisational environment is considerably connected to employee performance. An interesting observation made from this study is that there is a significant variance in employee performance as a function of an employee position.
Highlights
Managing employees in institutions of higher education can be a challenge (Decramer et al, 2012)
Even though the influence of workplace spirituality has characteristically been researched in connection with its advantages to “soft” human issues “well-being of individuals, organizations, and societies”, there is a limited amount of previous studies focusing on the impact of workplace spirituality on “hard” human issues from the viewpoint of different workers
From this study it can be concluded that the presence of workplace spirituality is connected to high employee performance
Summary
Managing employees in institutions of higher education can be a challenge (Decramer et al, 2012). In modern times, employees spend most of their lives in the workplace (Mirvis, 1997). They seek out purpose, meaning, and self-realization from their workplaces (Mitroff & Denton, 1999a). This is because to a degree, they link their social identity to the experiences they have at work and interactions with others (Cartwright & Cooper, 1997). It is this change that is driving the focus on workplace spirituality (Pardasani et al, 2014)
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