ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES IN THE PERIOD OF COVID-19: A CASE FROM KARACHI, PAKISTAN

Abstract

This study examines the impact of workplace spirituality, and spiritual intelligence on the psychological well-being of employees in Karachi, Pakistan. In this study, the explanatory research type was executed by adopting the deductive approach to test the framed hypothesis of the study. Moreover, 350 respondents were taken as a sample particularly employees employed in the hospital were selected for data collection and gave responses based on their availability. For the investigation of the data, SPSS was used. The study outcomes specified that there was a noteworthy association among workplace spirituality, spiritual intelligence, and the psychological well-being of employees. Furthermore, there was a statistically substantial effect of workplace spirituality and spiritual intelligence on the psychological well-being of employees. Organizations should focus on improving spiritual intelligence and spirituality at work to manage the psychological well-being of their employees because it ultimately affects the organization's performance. Therefore, to enhance the psychological well-being of healthcare professionals’ managers must focus on providing training to improve the workplace spirituality and spiritual intelligence to deal with the current confronted challenge that is COVID-19 and to prepare them for the forthcoming challenges.