Spiritual leadership as a model for performance excellence: a study of Baldrige award recipients

Issues regarding workplace spirituality and spiritual leadership have received increased attention in the organizational sciences. The implications of workplace spirituality for leadership theory, research, and practice make this a fast growing area of new research and inquiry by scholars. The purpo...

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Authors: Fry, Louis W. (Author) ; Clinebell, Sharon K. (Author) ; Krahnke, Keiko (Author) ; Latham, John R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion [2017]
In: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-47
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
ZA Social sciences
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Leadership
B Workplace Spirituality
B spiritual leadership
B performance excellence
B Baldrige criteria
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Summary:Issues regarding workplace spirituality and spiritual leadership have received increased attention in the organizational sciences. The implications of workplace spirituality for leadership theory, research, and practice make this a fast growing area of new research and inquiry by scholars. The purpose of this research was to test a dynamic relationship between the revised spiritual leadership model, consisting of inner life, spiritual leadership (comprised of hope/faith, vision, and altruistic love), spiritual well-being (i.e. a sense of calling and membership), and key organizational outcomes in a sample of Baldrige Performance Excellence Program award recipients. With structural equation modeling, results revealed a positive and significant relationship between spiritual leadership and several outcomes considered essential for performance excellence, including organizational commitment, unit productivity, and life satisfaction. These relationships were explained or mediated by spiritual well-being. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
ISSN:1942-258X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2016.1202130