The impact of spiritual leadership on workplace spirituality in the light the COVID-19 pandemic in the governmental health sector
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN: 0143-7739
Article publication date: 6 May 2022
Issue publication date: 23 May 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how the spiritual leadership (SL) of the leader is perceived by workers in the public health sector in the Assiut region of Egypt. In other words, this study investigates the work-related workplace spirituality (WPS) of public health workers in this context.
Design/methodology/approach
An online survey was conducted among a sample of 333 employees working in the public health sector in Assiut.
Findings
The empirical results indicate that the SL of the leader (especially altruism and vision), as evaluated by employees, positively influence work-related WPS. The results confirm that strengthening SL is a promising pathway to improve WPS, which may ultimately have some benefits, such as helping to improve individual and institutional performance in the public health sector.
Originality/value
The authors hope that the theoretical insights gained through the findings of this study will encourage researchers to explore how and when to enhance SL and WPS for employees.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The authors thank all the health sector workers in Assiut Governorate who contributed in one way or another to this work, and confirm that the opinions expressed in this study are those of the authors.
Authors’ contributions: All authors contributed in the same way to conceive the study and its design, to draft the manuscript and to interpret the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency. The authors have no conflicts of interest. The authors, hereby, transfer, assign or otherwise convey all copyright ownership, including all rights incidental thereto, exclusively to the journal, if such work is published by the journal.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Citation
Mohammed, S.M. and Elashram, R.E. (2022), "The impact of spiritual leadership on workplace spirituality in the light the COVID-19 pandemic in the governmental health sector", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 43 No. 4, pp. 623-637. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-11-2021-0515
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited