JIMS8M: The Journal of Indian Management & Strategy
Web of Science
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 1

Revisiting relationship between workplace spirituality and employee’s performance-review and reconceptualization

1Lecturer, School of Studies in Management, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, (M.P), India

2Assistant Professor, Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior, (M.P), India

3Professor & Head of Department, N L Dalmia Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Online published on 1 May, 2021.

Abstract

This review has two purposes: (1) to analyse the literature on workplace spirituality and employee performance and (2) to offer an outline of various factors in the subject field, making it possible to develop a roadmap for future researchers.

The authors have covered over two decades of research articles published in Scopus and Web of Science indexed journals between 2000 and 2020. The factors of workplace spirituality are synthesized. The authors have also provided directions for future research. This article review about 45 research papers and measure the effects of spirituality on the employee level outcomes.

This review article provides us an overview on different dimensions and findings of workplace spirituality with its employees’ level outcomes i.e. job satisfaction, job performance and employee well-being. Based on extensive coverage of research articles published over the last two decades. This paper identifies some identify theories which helps to rationalize our research queries. Some dimensions of the above research remain unfamiliar and it may provide directions for further research.

The authors recommend three different potential propositions formed on the basis of explored literature. There has been no comprehensive review in this area exploring the relationship between workplace spirituality and employee level outcomes until now. Thus, this review article offers deep insights into the topic and also provides an integrated image of the subject field investigated.

Keywords

Workplace spiritualty, Employee level-outcomes, Employee performance, Employee well-being, Job satisfaction