Spirituality and Performance in Organizations : A Literature Review

The purpose of this paper is to review spirituality at work literature and to explore how spirituality improves employees’ performances and organizational effectiveness. The paper reviews about 140 papers on workplace spirituality to review their findings on how spirituality supports organizational performance. Three different perspectives are introduced on how spirituality benefits employees and supports organizational performance based on the extant literature: a) Spirituality enhances employee well-being and quality of life; b) Spirituality provides employees a sense of purpose and meaning at work; c) Spirituality provides employees a sense of interconnectedness and community. The paper introduces potential benefits and caveats of bringing spirituality into the workplace; providing recommendations and suggestions for practitioners to incorporate spirituality positively in organizations