The impact of spirituality at work on organizational citizenship behavior with emphasis on organizational commitment

One important question in the field of workplace spirituality concerns the relationship of this construct with employee work attitudes. Thus, to examine direct and indirect impact of spirituality at work on organizational citizenship behavior of employees of Shiraz University with emphasis on organizational commitment, four hypotheses were suggested. SEM, partial least square method employing Smart PLS software was used to analyze data collected from 155 employees in order to examine structural and measurement models and verify the hypotheses. The results showed that the proposed theoretical model can predict the employees’ behavior consequences, since the statistical test confirmed the significant direct relationships between the variables in the model were significant. The findings revealed that spirituality at work has a significant effect on employees’ helping behaviors, voice behaviors and the organizational commitment. Therefore, making the managers aware of this valuable factor and its proper use in advancing the organizational goals could have a significant impact on improving the organization’s performance.