The Relationship between Spiritual Leadership and Quality of Work Life in an Iranian Educational-Medical Hospital

A new kind of leadership, called spiritual leadership, emphasizes on serving to others, general attitude toward work, personal development, and collaborative decision making. Spiritual leadership has been developed based on the philosophy of servant leadership and includes staff participation and empowerment. This research aimed to survey the relationship between spiritual leadership and its seven dimensions on the quality of work life among the staff members of Hasheminejad Hospital, Tehran, Iran. This descriptive, applied research was carried out on 111 staff members of Hasheminejad Hospital in 2010. Data was collected by Fry's spiritual leadership survey and quality of work life questionnaire of Casio model. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and Spearman test in SPSS. There were significant and positive correlations between spiritual leadership and its seven dimensions (vision, altruistic love, hope, meaning, membership, organizational commitment, and performance feedback) and quality of work life among the staff of Hasheminejad Hospital. Spiritual leadership provides supporting backgrounds for staff and helps them meet the organizational goals by pursuing their aims and needs through using their potentials.