Title: Workplace spirituality and managerial effectiveness among Indian managers

Authors: Santosh Kumar Sharma; Renu Rastogi; Pooja Garg

Addresses: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India ' Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India ' Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India

Abstract: Historically, managerial effectiveness is a vital construct, which has been acknowledged by management practitioners in corporate and by researchers in academia. Synchronically, workplace spirituality is another key issue that has been recognised as a valuable concept in the organisational and management context; however, the concept lies in its infancy and neophyte stage, and there is a dearth of empirical studies in this newly developing area. Keeping these views in mind, this study is an attempt to explore the relationship between workplace spirituality and managerial effectiveness among Indian managers. Data have been collected through the questionnaire-based surveys. On the basis of correlation and regression analysis, results indicate that workplace spirituality can be recognised as a key driver of managerial effectiveness. Further, findings may also be helpful to organisations in developing spirituality at workplace to enhance managerial effectiveness.

Keywords: workplace spirituality; managerial effectiveness; Indian management; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2013.053109

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2013 Vol.6 No.3, pp.382 - 390

Published online: 30 Nov 2013 *

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