The role of spiritual intelligence and mediating influence of knowledge management on employee engagement

Abstract

The survival, growth and prosperity of every organization depends on its competent and engaged workforce or the employees. The number of employees working in an organization is the measure of workforce but the number of employees who have given continuous service for many years is the measure of committed and spiritually intelligent work force .We might find employees following the instructions, obeying rules ,conforming to regulations and working but that this do not give the assurance that they are truly committed and engaged. The study examined the role of Spiritual Intelligence (SI) on Employee Engagement (EE)and mediating influence of Knowledge Management on Employee Engagement. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 150 employees randomly selected from the IT Institutes of Telangana. The study has focused on how to engage employees for a longer time in the Institutes and the measures to be taken to improve employee engagement .The study used statistical tools like exploratory factor analysis and mediation analysis in this research. The result showed that improving Spiritual Intelligence and Knowledge management should be made a priority in order to engage employees better.