Workplace Spirituality, Meditation, and Work Performance

Authors

Pawinee Petchsawanga, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, ThailandFollow
Dennis Duchon, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

6-2012

Citation

Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion 9:2 (June 2012), pp. 189- 208; doi: 10.1080/14766086.2012.688623

Comments

Copyright © 2012 Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion; published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. Used by permission. http://www.tandfonline.com

Abstract

This paper reports two studies that examine how an organization might enable more productive work practices by encouraging the expression of its employees’ spiritual selves in an eastern context. Study 1 shows that people who regularly practice meditation have higher workplace spirituality scores than people who do not regularly practice meditation. Study 2 reports a quasi-experimental study in which people practiced insight meditation. The data did not reveal a direct effect for the meditation, however spirituality does relate to work performance. Moreover, the practice of meditation is also found to partially mediate the relationship between workplace spirituality and work performance.