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A study of perceived workplace spirituality of school teachers

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Kumar, Sunil

Abstract / Description

Teaching as a profession demands calling and commitment beyond human’s limitations. The conscious choices by teachers are leading them toward stress, burnout, and conflicts at personal and professional levels. The aim of present study is to explore the perceived workplace spirituality of school teachers. The information was collected from 243 Indian school teachers. The meaningful work, meaningful life, interpersonal relationship and working environment were extracted as main dimensions of workplace spirituality in schools. The factor structure was validated by using partial least square structure equation modeling. Workplace spirituality was discussed as a measure to overcome issues related to teaching and teachers. This research will lead the future researchers to explore and empirically verify sources of workplace spirituality in classroom settings.

Keyword(s)

workplace spirituality teacher education job working environment

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Date of first publication

2018-10-31

Journal title

Psychological Thought

Volume

11

Issue

2

Page numbers

212–223

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Kumar, S. (2018). A study of perceived workplace spirituality of school teachers. Psychological Thought, 11(2), 212–223. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v11i2.298
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kumar, Sunil
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-28T10:01:42Z
  • Made available on
    2018-11-28T10:01:42Z
  • Date of first publication
    2018-10-31
  • Abstract / Description
    Teaching as a profession demands calling and commitment beyond human’s limitations. The conscious choices by teachers are leading them toward stress, burnout, and conflicts at personal and professional levels. The aim of present study is to explore the perceived workplace spirituality of school teachers. The information was collected from 243 Indian school teachers. The meaningful work, meaningful life, interpersonal relationship and working environment were extracted as main dimensions of workplace spirituality in schools. The factor structure was validated by using partial least square structure equation modeling. Workplace spirituality was discussed as a measure to overcome issues related to teaching and teachers. This research will lead the future researchers to explore and empirically verify sources of workplace spirituality in classroom settings.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Kumar, S. (2018). A study of perceived workplace spirituality of school teachers. Psychological Thought, 11(2), 212–223. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v11i2.298
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  • ISSN
    2193-7281
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1521
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1887
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v11i2.298
  • Keyword(s)
    workplace spirituality
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  • Keyword(s)
    teacher
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  • Keyword(s)
    education
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  • Keyword(s)
    job
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  • Keyword(s)
    working environment
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    A study of perceived workplace spirituality of school teachers
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Psychological Thought
  • Page numbers
    212–223
  • Volume
    11
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