This study evaluated the mediational role of Muslim School teachers‟ workplace spiritualty
on perceptions of principal behaviour, individual job satisfaction and organisational
commitment. In this regard The Meaning and Purpose at work scale of spirituality (Ashmos
& Duchon, 2000) was administered, the Transformational leadership Inventory (Podsakoff et
al,1990), the Organisational Commitment Questionnaire (Mowday, Steers & Porter, 1979),
and a measure of job satisfaction (Warr et al, 1979) to a sample of 219 Muslim School
teachers‟ throughout Gauteng South Africa. Results stemming from Pearson Product
Moments correlations and latent variable Structural Equation modelling were used to
determine the relationships between these variables and test the mediational model. Results
indicated that Muslim school teachers‟ regard their workplaces as catering to their spiritual
needs, and are very satisfied and committed towards their organisation. Perceptions of WPS
and leadership were found to significantly predict both job satisfaction and organisational
commitment. Feelings of workplace spirituality were found to partially mediate between
teachers‟ perceptions of their leader and their job satisfaction. Workplace spirituality was also
found to mediate between teachers‟ perceptions of their leaders‟ behaviour and their
organisational commitment. This paper concludes with the implications of these findings and
directions for future research within this field.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/11899 |
| Date | 06 September 2012 |
| Creators | Dadabhay, Muhamed |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
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