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The Effect of University Teachers’ Workplace Spirituality on Employee Engagement: Professional Commitment as Mediator
Organization and Human Resource Management Department, School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Corporate Training Center, School of Continuing Education, Pecking University, Beijing, China
School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- 1 Organization and Human Resource Management Department, School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- 2 Corporate Training Center, School of Continuing Education, Pecking University, Beijing, China
- 3 School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- 4 Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Creative Education·Volume 08 (2017)·Pages 2147–2154·Published 11 October 2017·DOI10.4236/ce.2017.813145
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Abstract
The current research on workplace spirituality effect is mainly carried out in the west, lacking evidence of China background and attention to university teachers, although the groups are called soul engineer in China. In order to test the effect of workplace spirituality on employee engagement of Chinese university teachers, this study collected 239 samples by convenient sampling. The results of structural equation model test showed that the workplace spirituality of university teachers had a positive impact on their engagement, in which professional commitment played a partly mediating role. The results suggest that universities should strengthen their spirituality construction through various strategies.
KeywordsWorkplace SpiritualityEmployee EngagementProfessional CommitmentChinese University TeachersMediating Effect
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