Workplace spirituality as determinant of affective commitment and moderating role of religiosity among employees of rural development agencies in Malaysia
The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between workplace spirituality (according to its three dimensions of meaningful work, sense of community, and value alignment) and affective commitment among employees in four different Rural Deve...
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2019
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| Summary: | The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between workplace
spirituality (according to its three dimensions of meaningful work, sense of community,
and value alignment) and affective commitment among employees in four different Rural
Development Agencies. The study also examined the possible moderating effects of
religiosity on the relationships between workplace spirituality dimensions and affective
commitment.
Data were gathered using self-administered and a cross-sectional survey questionnaires
from a sample of 263 employees selected based on proportionate stratified random
sampling. Three measuring scales were used: 1) 21 items spirituality at work scale by Milliman et
al. (2003) to measure workplace spirituality; 2) the revised version of the six items affective
commitment scale developed by Meyer, Allen and Smith (1997) to measure employees' affective
commitment; 3) the 10-item Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire
(SCSORF) by Plante and Boccaccini (1997) to measure employee’s level of
religiosity. Employees' affective commitment was conceptualized using the Conservation of
Resources Theory (COR). The theory explains that spiritual resources can foster employees’
positives attitudes including affective commitment.
To test the hypotheses of the study, this study was conducted a correlation analysis
and applied a structural equation modelling (SEM) techniques by Amos
22. The results of analysis shows that only one meaningful work) out of three dimensions of
workplace spirituality has a significant relationships with affective commitment. However sense of
community and alignment of values dimension
have a low and non-significant relationships with affective commitment. For moderation analysis, the study found that there is moderation effect of religiosity on the overall
model. However, for the individual path, religiosity only moderates the relationship between
meaningful work and affective commitment.
The study concluded that employees’ affective commitment is influenced by meaningful
work. The study also concluded that the employees’ affective commitment was varied in the
workplace by religiosity level, particularly those who are experiencing meaningful work. In terms
of practice, the organization that promotes employees to experience workplace spirituality would
lead to a positive
impact including employees’ affective commitment towards the organization. |
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