Conceptualisation and Validation of Multidimensional Measure of Workplace Spirituality

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South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management Pub Date : 2022-03-10 DOI:10.1177/23220937221076296

Anubhuti Saxena, A. Prasad

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Abstract

Workplace spirituality (WPS) has gained acknowledgement as a significant discipline in the corporate world. The dynamic environment leaves all the organisations in a quandary as to how to manage and take relevant and ethical decisions at the same time. However, despite the unprecedented challenges, organisations need to continuously stay agile, innovate for self-development and growth, and ultimately augment the wealth of the nation. It is at this time that WPS acquires utmost importance for the leaders. The research article intends to develop a scale and add new dimensions to the literature for measuring WPS from the point of view of the existing bank employees. We conducted two studies for testing the scale. For conducting Study 1, we applied exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with varimax rotation, and for Study 2, we applied second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Statistics were drawn from 406 employees from banks in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). The results showed that WPS has seven dimensions, namely, meaningfulness, compassion, gratitude, authenticity, embracing diversity, resilience and inner peace, and others’ orientation. It may be useful for managers to analyse these dimensions in detail in order to identify their impact on employee work attitudes and job outcomes. We believe that this is a pioneering wherein WPS has been represented as a second-order factor. The concluding part of this paper contains an incisive discussion on future developments in the spirituality domain.

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工作场所精神性多维测量的概念化与验证

职场灵性(WPS)作为一门重要的学科在企业界得到了认可。动态的环境使所有组织都陷入两难境地，即如何同时管理和采取相关的道德决策。然而，尽管面临着前所未有的挑战，组织需要不断保持敏捷，为自我发展和成长而创新，并最终增加国家的财富。正是在这个时候，WPS对领导人来说至关重要。本研究拟开发一个量表，并在文献中增加新的维度，从现有银行员工的角度来衡量WPS。我们进行了两项研究来测试量表。在研究1中，我们采用了变量旋转的探索性因子分析(EFA)，而在研究2中，我们采用了二阶验证性因子分析(CFA)。统计数据来自德里国家首都地区(NCR)银行的406名员工。结果表明，WPS具有意义性、同情性、感恩性、真实性、包容多样性、弹性与内心平和、他人取向等七个维度。对于管理者来说，详细分析这些维度，以确定它们对员工工作态度和工作结果的影响，可能是有用的。我们认为这是一个开创性的，其中WPS已被表示为二阶因素。本文的结语部分对灵性领域的未来发展进行了深刻的讨论。

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South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management MANAGEMENT-

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2.30

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23.50%

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期刊介绍： South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management (SAJHRM) is a peer-reviewed scholarly outlet for publications on HRM in and out of South Asia. It includes countries that are members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In terms of the discipline focus, all articles broadly focusing on the theory and practice of managing human resources for the benefit of individuals, firms and community at large will be acceptable. In view of the contemporary focus on Strategic HRM, the journal coverage would also include comparative research and other related management disciplines as long as one of the key aims of the manuscript is on harnessing the potential of human capital. Considering the uneven economic development within the South Asian region, the journal encourages potential authors to explore broader implications of their scholarly views and findings on the region as a whole. A distinguishing feature of the journal is its focus on “HR in Practice”. Apart from theory, it will pay significant attention on how HRM is practiced in and out of South Asia. The journal features conceptual and empirical research papers, research notes, interviews, case studies and book reviews. In short, to be considered for publication, a manuscript should broadly focus on managing people and contextualised within one or more South Asian countries at the firm, regional, national and international levels.