Three Decades of Research on Workplace Spirituality: A Bibliometric Overview and Insights into Indian Psychology

Abstract

The present study aims to understand the publishing trends related to workplace spirituality over the last thirty years and potential areas for future research. For bibliometric analysis, using VOS viewer software, 957 entries are extracted from the Scopus database by the keyword search of “workplace Spirituality”, ‘Spirituality at work”, and workplace AND spirituality, “Spirituality at organization”, OR “Spiritual Workplace”. The publication period ranged from 1995 to 2024. A bibliometric analysis showed that WPS research is interdisciplinary, and covers various subject categories. Three decades of WPS research has shown a significant surge over the years. The United States and India remain the most productive countries for WPS research. The first decade of research is marked by theoretical development, followed by quantitative analysis. Then, the research trend moves towards mediation and moderation analysis to explore the underlying mechanisms behind the relationship between WPS and various other variables. A research gap is identified regarding the lack of a qualitative study or mixed method approach, antecedent conditions of WPS, the Indian model of WPS, and the intervention model of WPS. This study further advances the WPS literature by adding to the scope and applicability of Indian psychology in this domain. It is important to note that this study is limited to the Scopus database, which may affect the generalisability of the findings.