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Employee engagement, innovative work behaviour, and employee wellbeing: Do workplace spirituality and individual spirituality matter?

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  • Narjes Haj Salem
  • Muhammad Ishtiaq Ishaq
  • Samina Yaqoob
  • Ali Raza
  • Haleema Zia

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Promoting innovative work behaviour and employee wellbeing has become essential as it endows companies with competitive advantages to thrive in today's complex business environment. This study investigates the role of workplace spirituality in inducing innovative work behaviour and employee wellbeing based on the social exchange theory and the spillover theory. It also looks at the previously unexplored mediating function of employee engagement in the relationship between workplace spirituality and the outcomes above. Additionally, it examines the interactive effect of workplace spirituality and individual spirituality on employee engagement. Two waves of survey data were collected from 538 employees and their managers working in the IT sector in Pakistan. This study contributes to the expanding corpus of research on workplace spirituality, confirming that the latter positively influence innovative work behaviour and employee wellbeing. The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between workplace spirituality and innovative work behaviour and employee wellbeing is also significant. Further, the results confirm that the influence of workplace spirituality on employee engagement is contingent on the degree of individual spirituality. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.

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  • Narjes Haj Salem & Muhammad Ishtiaq Ishaq & Samina Yaqoob & Ali Raza & Haleema Zia, 2023. "Employee engagement, innovative work behaviour, and employee wellbeing: Do workplace spirituality and individual spirituality matter?," Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(2), pages 657-669, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:buseth:v:32:y:2023:i:2:p:657-669
    DOI: 10.1111/beer.12463
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