Workplace Spirituality and Employee Engagement; A Study on Identifying the Moderating Impact of Work From Home

  • Mrs. J.Resi Tony Lecturer, Department of Business and Management Studies, Trincomalee Campus of Eastern University
  • Mrs. Kumudinidevi sandrakumar Senior Lecturer Gr I, Department of Business and Management Studies, Trincomalee Campus of Eastern University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51699/cajitmf.v4i1.406
Keywords: workplace spirituality, employee engagement, work from home

Abstract

Spirituality has been known as a central area of research in the academic world over the past few years, to bring more significance to one's workplace. By integrating the multiple meanings of workplace spirituality, this paper defines it as having compassion toward others and experiencing a mindful inner consciousness in the pursuit of meaningful work that enables transcendence. Currently, organizations are promoting a spiritual culture that recognizes that employees have a mind as well as a spirit, seek to find meaning and purpose in their work, and wish to connect with other employees and be part of the community. Due to this pandemic situation whole world and whole sectors moves towards digitalization. There was a question whether the spiritual mind set will remain the same as work in office; even the people are away from the office. With this identification, this paper attempts to identify the impact of workplace spirituality and employee engagement with identifying the moderating effect of work from home. It was found that there is a significant positive relationship between workplace spirituality and employee engagement in higher education academics in Sri Lanka. Same time the study identified that there is no moderating effect of work from home between workplace spirituality and employee engagement.

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Published
2023-01-24
How to Cite
Tony, M. J., & sandrakumar, M. K. (2023). Workplace Spirituality and Employee Engagement; A Study on Identifying the Moderating Impact of Work From Home. Central Asian Journal of Innovations on Tourism Management and Finance, 4(1), 149-157. https://doi.org/10.51699/cajitmf.v4i1.406
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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): January 2023
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