Effect of workplace spirituality on perceived organizational support and job performance among university administrative employees

Abstract

The need to fully exploit human resources for competitive advantage has brought spirituality into the work setting. The study set to examine the predictive relationship workplace spirituality has with perceived organizational support and job performance. The assessment is premised on Rego and Cunha's five-workplace spirituality dimension model. This study adopted a correlational design with a self-administered questionnaire of 118 university administrative employees at a university. The research hypotheses were tested with regression analysis. Results show that composite workplace spirituality correlates positively and significantly with perceived organizational support and job performance. However, only a few of the dimensions show positive and significant results. This study shows that enhancing workplace spirituality improves employees perceived organizational support and job performance. Therefore, it is recommended that human resource management practitioners recognize the influence of workplace spirituality in the effective functioning of the organization.