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Measuring Workplace Spirituality and Employee Work Attitudes in Profitable versus Non-Profitable Organizations of Pakistan

    Shahab Alam Malik

    Faculty of Management, Sciences, Indus University, Karachi, Pakistan

    Emmala Shamin

    Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS, Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan

    Mansoor Ahmad

    Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS, Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan


The focus of this study was to examine the existence of workplace spirituality in the organizations of Pakistan and its association to the employee’s attitudes which were most likely to be observed on the workplace including organizational commitment, intrinsic job satisfaction, organizational based self-esteem, and job involvement. Incorporating a comparative study design, the research investigates three dimensions of workplace spirituality namely, meaningful work, sense of community, and alignment with organizational values and their association with organizational commitment, intrinsic job satisfaction, organizational based self-esteem, and job involvement. The sample reflects the opinion of 400 employees working in profitable and non-profitable organizations in Pakistan. Findings indicated that employees of profitable organizations report higher levels of workplace spirituality as compared to non-profitable organizations. According to t-test, a significant mean difference between these two groups was also observed.

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Malik, S.A., Shamin, E., Ahmad, M. (2017). Measuring Workplace Spirituality and Employee Work Attitudes in Profitable versus Non-Profitable Organizations of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 32(2), 603-622. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=190

ACS Style
Malik, S.A.; Shamin, E.; Ahmad, M. Measuring Workplace Spirituality and Employee Work Attitudes in Profitable versus Non-Profitable Organizations of Pakistan. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2017, 32, 603-622. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=190

AMA Style
Malik SA, Shamin E, Ahmad M. Measuring Workplace Spirituality and Employee Work Attitudes in Profitable versus Non-Profitable Organizations of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2017; 32(2): 603-622. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=190

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Malik, Shahab, Alam, Emmala Shamin, and Mansoor Ahmad. 2017. "Measuring Workplace Spirituality and Employee Work Attitudes in Profitable versus Non-Profitable Organizations of Pakistan" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 32, no. 2: 603-622. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=190