The Relationship between Organizational Spirituality and Spiritual Intelligence with Job Stress of Staffs of a Military University

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Behavioral Sciences Research Center

2 1) Faculty of Educational Sciences,university of Allame Tabatabai. Tehran, Iran

3 Poorkhalil M. MSc ,Educating planning, Tehran University. (majidpoorkhalil@yahoo.com)

Abstract

Aims: The present study was an attempt to explore the relationship between job stress and organizatinal spirituality and spiritual intelligence in the personnel of Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences.
Method: The research population consisted of all the personnel in that military university. According to Morgan table, 352 participants were needed for the purpose of this study. Data were collected using Milliman Organizational Sspirituality Questionnaire, King Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire and HSE Job Stress Questionnaire. The reliability and content validity of the questionnaires used were also checked.
Results: There was a significant negative correlation between job stress and organizational spirituality (r = -0.28). The same was observed regarding the relationship between job stress and spiritual intelligence (r = -0.32). There was no significant differnce between male and female participants in organizational spirituality. Also, education could not cause any significant difference in organizatinal spirituality. However, experience could cause a significant difference among groups in their organizatinal spirituality except for the two groups of 4-7 and 8-15 years of experience.
Conclusion: Spirituality and spiritual intelligence are two of the most important variables affecting stress in employees. As such, in order to increase efficiency, policy makers need to take important steps for minimizing job stress in their personnel.

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Journal of Military Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 - Serial Number 51
March and April 2013
Pages 43-50

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