The Relationship between Spiritual Leadership and Issues of Spirituality and Religiosity: A Study of Top Turkish Managers

Abstract

In recent years, research focusing on intangible issues in business contexts has flourished. The authors of the<br />current study aimed to contribute to this research by considering managers in terms of their spiritual leadership,<br />spirituality and religiosity. This study addresses these concepts and tests a model that assesses the relationships<br />between the spiritual leadership attributes of top Turkish managers and the spirituality and religiosity of those<br />individuals. The results reveal four key elements. First, the spiritual leadership of top Turkish managers depends<br />upon their wisdom and altruism. In addition, their spirituality is comprised of their approach to immateriality and<br />their spiritual awareness. Furthermore, there are no common factors among spiritual leadership, spirituality and<br />religiosity. Finally, although the factors that form spiritual leadership, spirituality and religiosity have very weak<br />and positive relationships, no statistically significant relationship was found between spiritual leadership and the<br />issues of spirituality and religiosity

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