Studying the Effect of Islamic Spiritual Intelligence on the Employees' Job Interaction With an Emphasis on the Mediating Role of Psychological Needs

With the predominance of the idea of postmodernism over societies, people feel more empty and feel lacking a sense of identity. Therefore, the existence of spirituality in the work environment leads to strengthening the motivation and hope of employees. This concept is introduced in the form of "Islamic spiritual intelligence" in Islamic societies due to its cultural and religious context. The purpose of this research is to study the effect of Islamic spiritual intelligence on the job interaction of employees, emphasizing the mediating role of psychological needs. The statistical population of this research includes 500 employees of the 20th district of Tehran municipality, 217 of which were selected by "simple random" method. To collect the data, the "Job Interaction" questionnaire by Leyden and Maslin (1998), "Spiritual Intelligence" by King (2007) and "Basic Psychological Needs" by Guardia, Desi and Ryan (2000) are used in this research. To analyze the collected data, "Structural equations" method is used. According to the results, the mediating role of psychological needs between Islamic spiritual intelligence and job interaction is significant.