Impact of yoga way of life on organizational performance

Abstract

Background:Organizational performance can be attributed to a number of factors. However, there are certain organizational factors, the presence or absence of which can determine the success or failure of the organization. There are different ways in which organizations try to improve their performance by working on such factors. In the research presented in this article, an attempt is made to find out whether adoption of the Yoga Way of Life by managers can have a positive impact on such organizational performance indicators.Aims:To measure effect of yoga way of life on five different indicators through an empirical study.Materials and Methods:The five indicators are job satisfaction, job involvement, goal orientation, affective organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior.Statistics Analysis:Pre- and post-data was measured using self-reported questionnaire. Independent T-test (Paired) and Pearson’s correlation test were conducted using SPSS.Results and Conclusion:The results of the study show that Yoga has a significant positive impact on four out of five of these indicators. Only job involvement does not show significant improvement. The construct used for measuring job involvement had a Chronbach alpha of 0.613, which is an indicator of moderate reliability, which could be the main reason for not getting positive result.

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