Does Psychological Empowerment Mediates the Association of Workplace Spirituality with Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Employee Burnout?

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the mediating role of psychological empowerment in linking the relationship among workplace spirituality, OCB and burnout. The convenience sampling method was employed to collected data from a sample of 362 employees working in banking sector of Pakistan by a self-administered survey. Workplace Spirituality Scale (Ashmos & Duchon, 2000; Milliman, Andrew & Jeffery, 2003), Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale (Podsakoff and MacKenzie, 1994), Employee Burnout Scale (Maslach and Jackson, 1981) and Psychological Empowerment Scale (Spreitzer, 1995) were used. Regression analysis exhibits that workplace spirituality has a positive association with OCB whereas it was negatively linked with employee burnout. Further psychological empowerment significantly mediates the relationship of workplace spirituality with OCB and burnout. This research provides new insights into the workplace spirituality by investigating the empirical assessment of the combined impact of workplace spirituality and psychological empowerment on OCB and burnout.