The effect of workplace spirituality on employees' contextual performance through work effectiveness

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the relationship between workplace spirituality, work effectiveness, and employees’ contextual performance with mediation mechanisms. Data were collected from 430 employees in private companies across three provinces in Indonesia. The results from structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that workplace spirituality, directly and indirectly, enhances employees’ contextual performance through work effectiveness. Furthermore, work effectiveness had a stronger direct influence on contextual performance than workplace spirituality. Work effectiveness is an essential mediator in translating workplace spirituality into heightened employee contextual performance. This evidence provides a theoretical contribution to the development of a study on the relationship between workplace spirituality and employee contextual performance through work effectiveness. It also has practical implications for company management in improving employee performance through the perspective of workplace spirituality and work effectiveness. Therefore, before being embraced, adjusted, and adapted to help research and practice in the future, it merits being utilized as material for critical discussion among scholars and practitioners.