ORGANIZATIONAL SPIRITUALITY: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Keywords:
Spirituality, Leadership, work environment, values.Abstract
Spirituality has been a major topic of discussion in terms of organization because
employees seek meaningful jobs where they can find inner fulfillment. This study
aims to present a combined view of quantitative researches on organizational
spirituality to present a framework based on previous researches and suggest
some key findings for future researches. This study uses a systematic literature
review methodology to conclude published literature till 2024 on organizational
spirituality using Web of Science database. Few main themes were identified
connected with spirituality in organizations, including performance, management,
religion, leadership, work environment, and culture. Spirituality arose in 1920’s, but it is
still going under multiple researches to delve more deeper into the pros and cons of it. Due to
rapid changes in the organizations due to technological advancements, health awareness
and raising pandemics, the organizations need to adapt spirituality in their workplace to cope
up with these changes smoothly. According to the findings of the study, there is a close
relationship between spirituality and religion, but spirituality is not limited to religion neither
they are completely interdependent on each other. The study examines that spirituality when
integrated into organizations value, culture and environment it creates a positive impact on
employees performance, organizations management and wellbeing of employees which
aligns it with modern organizational management. Few systematic literature review studies
have been conducted on spirituality but in terms of organizations it is still relatively a new
topic in management literature. This study offers the contribution of spirituality in
organizational performance by analyzing that organization is not only a place to work but to
socialize, seek meaning and inner fulfillment, and conceptualized individuals as holistic
beings. This research offers an in-depth insight of organizational spirituality and it
contribution in the past as well as reflecting on the future.
Key Words. Spirituality, Leadership, work environment, values.Remove Spirituality, Leadership, work environment, values.
