Abstract-2 (October 2022): Swarup Pradhan & Sanjay Kumar Satapathy

PEDAGOGY OF LEARNING

International Refereed/ Peer Reviewed Journal of Education

Vol. 8 (4) Oct 2022, pp. 09-18, E-ISSN: 2395-7344, P-ISSN: 2320-9526

Title:  Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Commitment Among Faculty Members in Higher Education Institutions of Odisha

Swarup Pradhan, Assistant Professor, NIIS Institute of Business Administration, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. E-mail: iamswarup17d@gmail.com

Sanjay Kumar Satapathy,Vice-Chancellor, Kalahandi University, Bhawanipatna, Odisha, India. E-mail: sanjayasatapathy2020@gmail.com

ABSTRACT: The study broadly intended to examine the relationships between two variables, viz., workplace spirituality and organizational commitment that are critical to the success of an organization; and to find out gender differences in these two variables, particularly in the case of Faculty Members in Higher Education Institutions of Odisha. Five specific objectives and corresponding null hypotheses are formulated to attain the purposes of the study. The descriptive research method, involving quantitative approaches, was employed for the study. The data are collected from a sample of 250 faculty members, including 151 male and 99 female faculty members working in Higher Education Institutions in the state of Odisha using the adapted version of the Workplace Spirituality Scale (WSC) by Petchsawang and Duchon (2009), and the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) by Mowday et al. (1979). Convenient and incidental sampling techniques are employed in the selection of the sample. Pearson’s coefficient of correlation was employed to find out the correlation between the mean workplace spirituality scores and the mean organizational commitment scores in respect of male and female faculty members included in the sample, and t-test was employed to compare the mean workplace spirituality scores and the mean organizational commitment scores of male and female faculty members. The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment in the case of faculty members in Higher Education Institutions of Odisha as a whole (r=0.209; M1=3.457, M2=3.365; df = 248; p<0.01); and separately in the case of both male faculty members (r=0.258; M1=3.462, M2=3.369; df = 149; p<0.01) as well as their female counterparts (r=0.198; M1=3.449, M2=3.356; df = 98; p<0.05). On the other hand, no significant differences between male and female faculty members were found in the case of both workplace spirituality (t=0.926; M1=3.463, M2=3.450; df = 248; p>0.05) as well as organizational commitment (t=0.149; M1=3.366, M2=3.362; df = 248; p>0.05). The findings of the study imply that necessary facilities and atmosphere need to be created in Higher Education Institutions of Odisha so as to motivate female faculty members to deliver goods and to attain gender inclusivity among faculty members in Higher Education Institutions of Odisha.

Keywords: workplace spirituality, organizational commitment, organizational goals, organizational values.