Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector
Despite the number of individuals who engage in pursuits for spirituality in their daily lives, there is still lack of studies examining spirituality in the workplace especially in the public sector. This study explored the experience of spirituality at the workplace among community service employ...
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| description | Despite the number of individuals who engage in pursuits for spirituality in their daily lives, there is still lack of
studies examining spirituality in the workplace especially in the public sector. This study explored the experience
of spirituality at the workplace among community service employees in a public sector organization. The
dimensions of spirituality studied include meaningful work, sense of community and alignment of individual
values with organizational values. Survey data from 180 community service employees revealed that overall the
employees experienced a reasonably high level of spirituality, and employees experienced meaningfulness of
work more as compared to the sense of community, and alignment of values. The results imply that the
community service organization studied serves as a favorable environment that fosters the experience of
spirituality among its employees. Though limited by the monosectoral nature of this investigation and the
Eastern context, future researchers are encouraged to compare employees’ experiences in workplace spirituality
in both the public and private service sectors as well as in both the Eastern and Western contexts. |
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| spelling | upm-358672018-05-31T07:33:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35867/ Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah Despite the number of individuals who engage in pursuits for spirituality in their daily lives, there is still lack of studies examining spirituality in the workplace especially in the public sector. This study explored the experience of spirituality at the workplace among community service employees in a public sector organization. The dimensions of spirituality studied include meaningful work, sense of community and alignment of individual values with organizational values. Survey data from 180 community service employees revealed that overall the employees experienced a reasonably high level of spirituality, and employees experienced meaningfulness of work more as compared to the sense of community, and alignment of values. The results imply that the community service organization studied serves as a favorable environment that fosters the experience of spirituality among its employees. Though limited by the monosectoral nature of this investigation and the Eastern context, future researchers are encouraged to compare employees’ experiences in workplace spirituality in both the public and private service sectors as well as in both the Eastern and Western contexts. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35867/1/Workplace%20spirituality%20among%20Malaysian%20community.pdf Ahmad, Aminah and Omar, Zoharah (2016) Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector. Asian Social Science, 12 (9). pp. 193-201. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/61020 10.5539/ass.v12n9p193 |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector |
| title | Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector |
| title_full | Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector |
| title_fullStr | Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector |
| title_short | Workplace spirituality among Malaysian community service employees in the public sector |
| title_sort | workplace spirituality among malaysian community service employees in the public sector |
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