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Workplace spirituality and employee work attitudes: An exploratory empirical assessment

John Milliman (College of Business, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
Andrew J. Czaplewski (College of Business, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
Jeffery Ferguson (College of Business, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)

Journal of Organizational Change Management

ISSN: 0953-4814

Article publication date: 1 August 2003

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Abstract

One important question in the field of workplace spirituality concerns the relationship of this construct with employee work attitudes. This study attempts to make a rigorous empirical examination of the relationship between workplace spirituality and five prevalent employee job attitudinal variables. It assesses the validity and reliability of the measures used and discusses the results of the analysis, which indicate that each of the three dimensions of spirituality used has a significant relationship with two or more of the five job attitude variables examined. While acknowledging that spirituality at work is an abstract concept, this study attempts to provide some of the first empirical support that there is a positive association between spirituality at work and employee job outcomes. The paper concludes with a number of implications and research directions for both academics and business managers, including the need to investigate the comprehensive impact of spirituality at work on individuals and organizations.

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Milliman, J., Czaplewski, A.J. and Ferguson, J. (2003), "Workplace spirituality and employee work attitudes: An exploratory empirical assessment", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 426-447. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810310484172

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