The Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Employees’ Productivity and their Wellbeing

Abstract

Purpose: As the economies throughout the world globalizes, the business organizations faces cut throat competition to retain their viability. This has brought complexity in organizational functioning. In order to cope up with new challenges, organizations are undergoing changes in their structures, process and functions. To gain competitive advantage over others, one aspect where most of the organizations can work upon is to improve its human resource productivity which will help them to gain advantage over their competitors. The productivity of the employees depends not only upon motivation as it also demands ability on part of the employees to prioritize organizational goals over personal interests. It calls for Spirituality at workplace which means a virtuous workplace where employees draw their personal contentment by achieving the set objectives overlooking extrinsic rewards. It also requires the right combination of ethics in the workplace and work ethics. Thus, the purpose of this study is to find out the impact of Workplace Spirituality on employee productivity and their wellbeing. It will also try to explore how Spirituality at workplace influences the organizational culture in general which commands dedication and loyalty of the employees.
Findings: The study concludes that workplace spirituality plays a significant role in creating a strong and encouraging work culture which gives their employees a bigger purpose and motivate them for higher attainments in their lives. It helps our organizations to improve their employee’s productivity and enhances their overall performance.
Originality/value: The study endeavors to study the workplace spirituality and its significance for an organization. It is an attempt to find out the its impact on employees’ productivity and on organizational culture as whole