Organizational Spirituality Research Articles

The effect of organizational cynicism on job satisfaction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating roles of organizational spiritual values in the relationship between organizational cycinism and job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach The sample was selected by using a convenience sampling method. The sample included in 472 employees from different sectors such as higher education, banking, energy and manufacturing industry. Participants filled in organizational cycinism scale, job satisfaction scale and organizational spirituality scale. Comfirmatory factor analysis and structural equation method were used to detect the direction and level of the relationships between parameters. Findings According to the mediating analysis findings, organizational spirituality is the partial reason for the association between behavioral cycinism and job satisfaction. Organizational spirituality is also the full reason for the association between affective cycinism and job satisfaction and the relationship between cognitive cycinism and job satisfaction. This means that organizational spirituality decreases the negative effects of organizational cycinism on job satisfaction. Research limitations/implications This research is not free from limitations just like others. First, the sampling was limited with only four sectors. In future studies, it can be favorable to take data from all other sectors. The second limitation was that organizational spirituality was the only factor that was used to determine the relationships among the three dimensions of organizational cynicism and job satisfaction. The last limitation was regarding the sample size. Although, sample size that was used in this research was enough to conduct all statistical analyses, extended sample size could be used in future studies. Practical implications The results of this research may benefit various stakeholders. While determining organizational spirituality elements in an organization, all the stakeholders’ voices should be included, and their values should be taken into consideration. In addition to this, all institutional employees should be trained about spirituality that exists in the organization, so that all employees will develop a strong bond with other employees and the organization. Moreover, organizational spirituality is closely related to organizational justice. If manager wants organizational spirituality to take root in the institution and eliminate the negativities, it is absolutely necessary to apply organizational justice in each and every matter within the organization. Originality/value There have been no studies exploring the mediating effects of organizational spirituality on the organizational cynicism and job satisfaction relationship. Therefore, this paper could be accepted as original.

Exploration of the Spirituality Values in Accountability of Islamic Organizations

This study aims to find the values of Islamic spirituality in an Islamic organization. The Islamic organization that became the site of this research is BMT Airlangga Bakti Persada (Abada). The methodology chosen in this research is qualitative with exploration method. Data collection was done by interview. The components of data analysis include data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The result of the research shows that the spiritual values of Islam practiced in BMT Abada are the application of sky management and love. The value of Islamic spirituality is not just a slogan but is actually implemented in daily activities, that is to employees, members, and accountability.

Vision Actualisation and Spirituality: A Theoretical Model

As one stretches open the rolled-up scrolls of not-so-distant history, one can see instances of several Corporate scandals having marred the international business firmament over the years. This has led to a heightened recognition of the importance of spirituality, ethics and values in organisational life. The current study presents a theoretical model regarding how spirituality and organisational vision actualisation can coexist and dialectically influence and reinforce each other in a meaningful way and ensure fructification of long term objectives and sustenance of organisations. The model proposes that conceptual ramifications of organisational spirituality are organisational ethics, values and moral standards, which, when practised, give concrete manifestation to augmentation of productivity and lead to growth, fruition of organisational objectives and long-term sustainability of the organisation.

Transcendence, Consciousness and Order: Towards a Philosophical Spirituality of Organization in the Footsteps of Plato and Eric Voegelin

There is an evident lack of rigorous frameworks for making sense of the role and status of spirituality and religion in organizations and organizing, in particular from the perspective of spiritual philosophies of the social. This paper suggests that the philosophy of Plato and his modern follower, political theorist Eric Voegelin could offer a viable perspective for understanding organizational spirituality in its metaphysical, political and ethical contexts. Essential for such a philosophical reflection is the postulation of the transcendental realm as the ultimate reality that provides the fullest templates for order, knowledge and ethicality. It is argued, in the footsteps of Voegelin, that modern organizations and modern organization theory should seek to re-awaken the lost experiences of the divine Beyond by re-animating religious symbols and myths of transcendence as devices for a spiritually opened consciousness.

Investigating the impact of organizational spirituality on human resources productivity in manufacturing organizations

Investigating the impact of organizational spirituality on human resources productivity in manufacturing organizations

An experimental implementation to develop workplace spirituality in educational organizations

An experimental implementation to develop workplace spirituality in educational organizations

Organizational Spirituality and Knowledge Sharing: A Model of Multiple Mediation

The paper takes a supportive view of the integration of spirituality at workplace in influencing employee knowledge sharing attitude in organizations. The present empirical work employed multiple-mediation analysis to test a research model linking organizational spirituality (organizational culture marked with higher-order values) with knowledge sharing attitude through psychological flourishing and organizational trust as mediators. Findings suggest that the intervening variables of psychological flourishing and organizational trust fully mediate the effect of organizational spirituality on knowledge sharing attitude. However, the specific indirect effect of organizational trust is stronger in comparison to psychological flourishing. Theoretically, the paper complements the scholarship of workplace spirituality, as little attention has been given to studying the linkage between spirituality and knowledge sharing in organizations. The paper also helps to explore some of the variance in knowledge sharing attitude by collective level phenomenon. Practically, the paper provides insights for practitioners who attempt to expand their knowledge base which is considered an important dynamic capability that shapes an organization’s strategic flexibility to compete in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, chaos and ambiguity) environment.

Spirituality and Moral Voice in Organizations

This paper theorizes the role of employee spirituality (as thought by Abrahamic religions) in moral voice in organization. It presents a conceptualization of moral voice and its constructive and de...

The Effects of Organizational Spirituality on Organizational Commitment and Happiness in MBA Expert Managers

The Effects of Organizational Spirituality on Organizational Commitment and Happiness in MBA Expert Managers

The Effects of Organizational Spirituality on Organizational Commitment and Happiness in MBA Expert Managers

This study aims at evaluating the effect of organizational commitment on organizational spirituality and happiness among MBA expert managers south of Iran; it is a descriptive correlational study. This study evaluated 338 participants based on complete count method; participants were MBA expert managers south of Iran. Data were gathered applying Hall and Edwards, organizational commitment Questionnaire of Mowdy, Porter & Steers and Oxford Happiness Test. Data were analysed by multi-variable linear regression analysis by simultaneous method by SPSS22. Findings indicate that there is a positive relationship between organizational spirituality and its components with organizational commitment and its three aspects and there is a positive relationship between organizational spirituality, happiness and its dimensions. Among different Aspects of organizational spirituality, awareness, instability, perception management and magnification could predict organizational commitment, and awareness, true acceptance and helplessness could predict variable of business managers’ happiness.

Ethical Behavior through the Lens of Spirituality at Work: A Review Agenda

Workplace spirituality has now become an integral part of behavioral practices. Over the last decade, researchers have been taking interest in understanding workplace spirituality in organizations. The frequent discussion about spirituality at the workplace has also fortified the perception of ethical behavior among individuals. Ethical behavior among employees has been widely advanced by the spiritual values, which affect the work environments and organizational culture at large. This study reflects upon the relationship and interconnectedness between spirituality and ethical behavior in organizations. It also aims at suggesting ways as to how spirituality can be a driving factor for ethical behavior among individuals in organizations. Extensive literature review on the study has been conducted to gain insights on workplace spirituality and ethics. The study inferred that integrating various factors like leadership, culture, organizational citizenship behavior in the work environment might augment spirituality and ethical behavior at workplace.

The association between workplace spirituality and Job Stress with occupational ethics through mediating role of Job Enthusiasm among nurses in Zahedan City, 2017

Background: Observing ethical principles is a part of nursing occupation and nurses should be aware of the importance of this subject when providing nursing care in order to provide their skills based on occupational ethics. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim to investigate the relationship between occupational stress and the workplace spirituality with the nurses’ occupational ethics through the mediating role of job enthusiasm. Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional-descriptive study. The study population consisted all man and woman nurses working at hospitals in Zahedan City, Iran. Cluster sampling method was used to select the sample group. A total of 160 nurses were selected as the sample for the study. To collect data, the organizational spirituality questionnaire proposed by Milliman, et al., standard occupational ethics questionnaire by Gregory C. Petty and Expanded Nursing Stress Scale (ENSS) by French et al., and job enthusiasm questionnaire were used. The data were analyzed using path analyzing method. Results: The present study showed that the job enthusiasm variable plays a mediating role between workplace spirituality and occupational stress with the nurses’ occupational ethics (P < 0.001). In addition, the positive effect of workplace spirituality (0.277) and negative occupational stress (-0.204) was significant on occupational ethics (P < 0.001). Conclusions: The results of the study, in line with other studies, show that occupational stress and workplace spirituality with impact on job enthusiasm can explain the occupational ethics of nurses.

Nurses' perspective on spiritual leadership: A qualitative study based on Fry's spiritual leadership model.

BackgroundSpiritual leadership and spirituality in organizations have the capacity to develop individual and organizational outcomes. This concept, as a newly established paradigm, has many ambiguities and definitions highly affected by cultural contexts.ObjectiveThis study aimed at determining the concept of spiritual leadership from nurses’ perspective and recognizing aspects of spiritual leadership model in the Iranian nurses’ sociocultural context, to achieve a common and comprehensive understanding of the concept under study.MethodsThis qualitative study used a directed content analysis method. The participants of this study were 14 managers and nurses employed at different wards of hospitals affiliated to medical universities of Tehran, and were selected using purposive sampling method on the basis of inclusion criteria. The data were collected via individual, deep, and semi-structured interviews from October 2015 to March 2016.ResultsIn this study, 14 participants were interviewed, 11 females and three males aged between 26 and 52 years old with a mean working experience of 13 years. After data analysis, 33 subcategories were distilled which fell into nine categories and three main categories including “spiritual leadership”, “spiritual well-being”, and “organizational consequences”. The findings indicated that spiritual leadership can, through application of intrinsic motivation, help develop individual and organizational outcomes by the use of elements of extrinsic motivation in organizational learning.ConclusionNursing managers and nurses expunged upon various dimensions of spiritual leadership. The elements of extrinsic motivation and organizational learning have the potential to develop spiritual leadership. The nursing leaders can use this potential to foster the outcomes of nursing services.

Leadership Role in Instilling Workplace Spirituality in Organizations

Leaders are the role model of an organization and its members align to the vision of their leaders. Hence leaders have to be extra cautious in articulating their vision, exhibiting behaviors and ultimately leading their followers. A leader, engaged in self-interest can merely think of social benefits; their investment in knowledge and skill would be to meet economic goals only. Leader must, therefore, go beyond matters of economic importance and must engage in self-interest transcendence at workplace. Some workplaces could be less productive only because people cannot find a way to breathe their spirituality into work. But when spiritual people join workplaces that fit their expectations they will not only support their colleagues but will seek quality and instill creativity. Since leaders play a vital role in facilitating spiritual culture in workplaces, this conceptual paper is an attempt to understand patterns of behaviors exhibited aligning to the core spiritual values such as benevolence, generativity, humanism, integrity, justice, mutuality, receptivity, respect, responsibility, trust exhibited by a leader in three different roles as a selector, inductor and developer in an organization. I propose a model for the behaviors justifying each spiritual value in three different roles.

The relationship of individual spirituality and organizational spirituality with meaning and community at work

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to carry out an empirical examination to assess the nature of effects an employee’s individual spirituality and organizational spirituality have on the employee’s experience of meaning in work and community at work facets of workplace spirituality.Design/methodology/approachThis paper specifies and examines, using a cross-sectional survey research design, the empirical support for two alternative models – a direct effects model and a moderating effect model – of the likely influences of an employee’s individual spirituality and organizational spirituality on the meaning and community facets of workplace spirituality.FindingsThe findings indicate considerable support for the direct effects model but no support for the moderating effect model. Within the direct effects model, organizational spirituality had much stronger association than employees’ individual spirituality with the workplace spirituality facets of meaning and community.Research limitations/implicationsThis study may encourage future research to examine other antecedents of workplace spirituality, and the moderators and mediators of the relationship between organizational spirituality and workplace spirituality.Practical implicationsIt suggests to the practitioners that for enhancing employee experiences of workplace spirituality, organizational spirituality implementation is a more effective way than developing employees’ individual spirituality.Social implicationsThe study indicates that employees’ spiritual needs of meaning and community at work can be better fulfilled through organizational spirituality implementation than through individual spirituality development.Originality/valueThis is an original empirical examination and its value partly comes from its research implications and practice implications.

Spirals of Spirituality: A Qualitative Study Exploring Dynamic Patterns of Spirituality in Turkish Organizations

This paper explores organizational spirituality, uncovers it as spiralling dynamics of both positive and negative potentialities, and proposes how leaders can shape these dynamics to improve the human conditions at the workplace. Based on case study of five Turkish organizations and drawing on the emerging discourse on spirituality in organizations literature, this study provides a deeper understanding of how dynamic patterns of spirituality operate in organizations. Insights from participant observation, organizational data, and semi-structured interviews yield three key themes of organizational spirituality: reflexivity, connectivity, and responsibility. Each of these themes has been found to be connected to upward spirals (inspiration, engagement, and calling) and downward spirals (incivility, silence, and fatigue). The study provides a detailed and holistic account of the individual and organizational processes through which spirituality is enacted both positively and negatively, exploring its dynamic and dualistic nature, as embodied in the fabric of everyday life and culture.

PENGARUH KECERDASAN EMOSIONAL, KECERDASAN SPIRITUAL, DAN KOMITMEN ORGANISASIONAL TERHADAP ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR (OCB) (STUDI PADA DOSEN TETAP PERGURUAN TINGGI KEAGAMAAN ISLAM SWASTA )

This research aims at finding and the influence of : (1) Emotional Quotient on OCB, (2) Spiritual Quotient on OCB, and (3) Organizational Commitment on OCB. This research is causal associative research which uses questionnaire as the instrument of Data Collection. The Population of this research are 119 Permanent Lecturers of Private Islamic Higher Education in East Lombok West Nusa Tenggara Indonesia. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The collected data were then analyzed with Linear Multiple Regression. The result shows that: (1) Emotional Quotient has positive , but insignificant effect on OCB, (2) Spiritual Quotient has positive and significant effect on OCB, and (3) Organizational commitment has positive and significant effect on OCB.Keywords: Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Emotional Quotient, Spiritual Quotient, and Organizational Commitment.

Workplace spirituality, mindfulness meditation, and work engagement

Workplace spirituality has received increasing attention during the past few decades, especially their effect on work outcome. The purposes of the research were to: (1) extend the findings of Petchsawang and Duchon (2012) in examining the relationships among mindfulness meditation, workplace spirituality, and work engagement in an eastern – specifically Thai – context; and (2) compare workplace spirituality and work engagement in organizations that provide mindfulness meditation courses to employees and those that do not. The sample came from four organizations that offered meditation courses (248 from 300) and four organizations that did not (315 from 400) in Thailand. The level of workplace spirituality and work engagement were found to be higher in organizations that offer meditation courses than in those that do not. Additionally, mindfulness meditation has a statistically significant relationship with workplace spirituality and work engagement, and workplace spirituality fully meditates the relationship between meditation and work engagement.

Organizational spirituality and teachers’ stress

Feeling of meaning at work and existence of unity between work and life are among concepts which are proposed recently in organizational spirituality paradigm. Accordingly, investigating elements of organizational spirituality and their effect on organizational setting is important. Current study is carried out focusing on specifying the role of organizational spirituality on teachers’ job stress. The research method is correlational and its' goal is applied. The whole population of the study was 326 which includes all Birjands' first grade high school teachers in 2014-2015 academic year. 196 persons were chosen from the population as the sample group based on stratified random sampling. To gather the required data two questionnaires of (Milliman, Czaplewski and Ferguson, 2003) organizational spirituality and (Doa, 1994) job stress questionnaire were used. The result of the study while confirming the negative effect of (the feeling of meaning at work) and (the feeling of relatedness at work|) on job stress revealed that alignment of personal values with organization does not have an impact on the rate of persons' stress at work.

ФЕНОМЕН ДУХОВНОСТИ В ОРГАНИЗАЦИОННОМ КОНТЕКСТЕ

ФЕНОМЕН ДУХОВНОСТИ В ОРГАНИЗАЦИОННОМ КОНТЕКСТЕ