TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical investigation of workplace spirituality (WS) and employee commitment (EC). EC is presumed as a mindset which is generally influenced by spiritual culture and the prospective outcomes are in the form of sense of calling and sense of membership with one’s profession and organisation. Drawing on the proposition of Tepper’s (2003), organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) was proposed as a mediator between spirituality and commitment. The study also tests whether emotional intelligence (EI) moderates the relations among them.Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 761 executives working in Indian manufacturing and service organisations. SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 18.0 were used to analyse the data.Findings The results confirmed that an insignificant mediation of OCB and moderation of EI among WS and EC. However, WS is found to be a strong and consistent predictor of EC. The findings highlight the necessity of suitable HR intervention for instrumentalizing personal role-organisational goal fitment to create an engaging and committed workforce.Originality/value The study is among the few to empirically investigate the role of WS on employee commitment at work. The study is first of its kind to explore the mediating role of OCB and interactive role of EI at work in explaining the relationship between WS and EC.
VL  - 31
IS  - 3
SN  - 1741-0398
DO  - 10.1108/JEIM-10-2017-0144
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-10-2017-0144
AU  - Jena Lalatendu Kesari
AU  - Pradhan Sajeet
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Workplace spirituality and employee commitment: The role of emotional intelligence and organisational citizenship behaviour in Indian organisations
T2  - Journal of Enterprise Information Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 380
EP  - 404
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -