The Influence of Leader Motivating Language on Workplace Spirituality

Daniel, Jose Luis; Chatelain-Jardon, Ruth; Mayfield, Jacqueline; Mayfield, Milton

doi:10.51327/uqmh2278

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“…The quest of individuals to draw strength for peaceful IL by acting ethically and doing good to others is supported by ethical climate (Crowley, 2021). Under an ethical climate, a mechanism is formulated through peer and superior support, organizational values and the overall mindset prevailing in the organization, which provides opportunity to individuals to enhance virtuous aspect of their personalities that strengthens their inner lives in an organizational climate where ethical behavior is not emphasized (Daniel et al, 2022). Resultantly, the expected impact of ethical climate on inner lives of employees in an organization is anticipated to be positive and it is hypothesized that.…”

Section: Ethical Climate Vs Inner Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In topdown direction the leaders take care of their sub-ordinates and try to make their leadership successful and memorable. They adds to their LS and at the same time enhance the peace in their IL (minimizing regret, grief, helplessness and affective deficiency) (Daniel et al, 2022). In bottomup direction the followers do their best to achieve the objectives set by their leaders which adds to LS in the form of individual and group achievements.…”

Section: Inner Life Vs Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…IL comprises an individual’s world view, personal opinion and wholistic mindset emanating from past and present experiences which give direction to attitudes, behaviors and actions (Forster, 2021). A peaceful/positive/strong IL seems lesser burdened by negativities like regret, grief, helplessness and affective deficiency (Daniel et al ., 2022). Contrarily, negative or weak IL is ridden with cognitive dissonance (controversy between thought and action), conflict between personal values and forced actions and lack trust due to past experiences of betrayals (Hisam, 2021).…”

Section: Inner Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The amalgamated impact of ethical climate and IL seems to positively impact the customer-orientation in an organization (Daniel et al ., 2022). Similarly, under ethical climate, employees with more peaceful IL are observed to be more comfortable and productive (Indradevi, 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rethinking ethical climate: conjoint elevation of life satisfaction and customer-orientation through a stronger inner life

Baykal,

Bhatti,

Irfan

et al. 2024

JOCM

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PurposeIn this study, to empirically test the relationship between ethical organizational climate, inner life (IL) and life satisfaction (LS) of employees, a field study was conducted on white-collar personnel working in the service sector in the Istanbul region. The main purpose was to extract an approach that could be applied to simultaneously boost LS and customer orientation for effective service delivery by organizations.Design/methodology/approachA two-wave time-lagged survey design was used to collect the data over a period of three months. Two sets of self-administrated survey questionnaires were developed for both waves, containing the details of the study and items for measuring variables. The questionnaires were developed in such a manner that the anonymity of the respondents and ethical considerations remained intact. In the first wave, data were collected for two variables, i.e. organizational ethical climate and IL. The measurement scale for organizational ethical climate was adapted from the study of DeBode et al. (2013) and for IL from the study of Fry et al. (2017). In the second wave, data on the remaining two variables (LS and organizational customer orientation) were collected. Direct effects and indirect effects in the hypotheses were tested by structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThis study has found that the organizational ethical climate strengthens the inner lives of employees, which is vital for the organizations from two angles: one, strong IL of an employee enhances his/her own LS and two, stronger IL accentuates customer orientation.Research limitations/implicationsThe fact that the context of this study is limited to Turkey and that the participants are selected from among white-collar personnel working in the service sector reduces the representativeness of the research result. In this sense, in the next stages, the model of the research can be retested in different industries or cross-cultural studies can be designed by comparing the study results with samples from different geographies, so that the validity of these relations for different cultures can be seen.Practical implicationsThe implications of this study revealed that employees will enjoy their lives more when authorities in organizations adopt organizational policies supporting the inner lives of employees, feel respect for their private areas and make the organizational climate more ethical. Hence, with practices such as workplace spirituality or spiritual leadership that support the inner lives of employees, the motivation and satisfaction of employees can be increased.Social implicationsThis study revealed that inner life strength makes people comparative more ethical in their dealings, which gives them a sense of achievement and enhances work meaningfulness, boosting LS and customer-orientation. The findings of this study are vital for leaders, as they can achieve a conjoint elevation of the LS of their employees and enhance customer orientation for higher organizational performance.Originality/valueThis study is original in emphasizing the positive effect of spiritually powerful inner-life customer-orientedness in employees with empirical proof.

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Section: Ethical Climate Vs Inner Lifementioning

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Section: Inner Life Vs Life Satisfactionmentioning

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Section: Inner Lifementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Rethinking ethical climate: conjoint elevation of life satisfaction and customer-orientation through a stronger inner life

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Irfan

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JOCM

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“…Pio and Lengkong (2020) reported that spirituality at work positively influences ethical behavior among leaders. Daniel et al (2022) reported that leader motivating language was positively related to WPS.…”

Section: Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of workplace spirituality: identifying present development and future research agenda

Mhatre

Mehta²

2023

MRR

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Purpose This study aims to identify the present development of workplace spirituality (WPS) by synthesizing the findings from the WPS literature, identifying gaps and proposing a research agenda. Design/methodology/approach This study reviews 72 articles on WPS published in scholarly journals to review their findings on how it has developed over time. Findings This review reveals a dearth of qualitative studies like the phenomenological approach, ethnographic research, mixed methodology and experimental research. Besides, the findings reveal various dimensions of spirituality in regard to the workplace. The synthesis reveals a paucity of research to examine WPS at the level of mesospiritual. The findings reveal the scope for cross-cultural studies in WPS that could support and advance inclusion and diversity in the organization. Also, there is scope to examine the relationship of WPS with mental and behavioral health, mindset, innovative behavior, sustainable behavior and trust. Further, the findings reveal the scope of studying the darker side of spirituality in the workplace. Research limitations/implications This study offers significant implications to researchers, management and human resource management (HRM) practitioners by providing a holistic understanding of WPS. The literature review findings are limited to the analysis performed on seventy-two papers from Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar databases. Practical implications This study provides suggestions and future research directions for researchers, HRM and management practitioners for the inclusion of spirituality. The review findings suggest the implications for management and HRM practitioners by understanding the research done in cognitive science and neuroscience related to spirituality to humanize the workplace. HRM practitioners can draw on the insights offered in this analysis to develop learning and development interventions in support of WPS, e.g. training programs for cultivating mindset through spiritual mentoring. Originality/value The study provides WPS development over time. It also provides a comprehensive outlook on WPS that highlights its positive and negative sides. The study contributes to the literature by categorizing the literature and proposing a research agenda to guide future WPS research.

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Workplace Spirituality

Crossman

2024

Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment

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The Influence of Leader Motivating Language on Workplace Spirituality

Cited by 6 publications

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Rethinking ethical climate: conjoint elevation of life satisfaction and customer-orientation through a stronger inner life

Rethinking ethical climate: conjoint elevation of life satisfaction and customer-orientation through a stronger inner life

A review of workplace spirituality: identifying present development and future research agenda

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