Title: Spirituality as a bridge towards excellence: a study on the mediating role of technology-enabled employee engagement, in the relationship between spirituality leadership and lecturer performance

Authors: Emiliana Sri Pudjiarti; Suharnomo; Antonius Denny Firmanto; Andriyansah

Addresses: University of 17 Agustus 1945 Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia ' University of Diponegoro Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia ' STFT Widya Sasana, Malang, Indonesia ' Department of Management, Universitas Terbuka, Banten, Indonesia

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the powerful secrets of spiritual leadership, mindfulness, spirituality in the workplace, and technology in maximising lecturers' performance in the competitive era of higher education. A mixed quantitative and qualitative method was used and the respondents comprised 365 lecturers from all private universities in Indonesia. The results showed that spiritual leadership and mindfulness significantly correlated with workplace spirituality, technology-assisted employee engagement, and extraordinary lecturers' performance. Moreover, spirituality in the workplace and technology served as partial mediators, improving relationship between spiritual leadership and lecturers' performance. This discovery is crucial for developing the noble character of spiritual leadership and mindfulness while optimising the synergy between lecturers and technology to achieve the highest performance. It also enriched the human resource development theory by showing leading performance predictors and the mediating role of spirituality and technology in higher education. This visionary policy recommendation integrated spirituality, technology, and performance in a holistic and multidisciplinary manner to increase the competitiveness of higher education institutions at the national and global levels.

Keywords: leadership spirituality; technology-enabled employee engagement; lecturers' performance.

DOI: 10.1504/EMJM.2024.141589

EuroMed Journal of Management, 2024 Vol.6 No.3, pp.239 - 260

Received: 03 Apr 2024
Accepted: 12 May 2024
Published online: 25 Sep 2024 *

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