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. 2024 Dec;63(6):4130-4155.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02036-1. Epub 2024 Apr 12.

Spirituality, Organizational Gratefulness, and Well-Being Among Polish Workers

Marcin Wnuk  1
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Spirituality, Organizational Gratefulness, and Well-Being Among Polish Workers

Marcin Wnuk. J Relig Health. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

The relationship between spirituality at work and occupational and subjective well-being is not a well-recognized area of research. Many studies have indicated the beneficial effects of spiritual activities on employees' flourishing, but the mechanisms of this influence are still not sufficiently explained. This study aimed to verify the proposed mechanisms that underlie employees' spirituality, stress at work, and life satisfaction, and the role of gratitude toward the organization in these relationships. It was assumed that employees' spirituality is indirectly related to stress at work via gratitude toward the organization. In turn, gratitude toward the organization is directly and indirectly related to life satisfaction through stress at work. The study encompassed 754 individuals working in different companies in Poland. In a sample of women, both spirituality dimensions were indirectly related to stress at work and life satisfaction. Among men, only the secular dimension of spirituality, such as attitude toward coworkers, was indirectly related to stress at work and life satisfaction. Gratitude toward the organization was negatively directly related to stress at work and, through this variable, indirectly positively related to life satisfaction. The benefits of employees' spirituality for their well-being were confirmed, emphasizing a grateful attitude toward the organization as a significant factor in this relationship.

Keywords: Life satisfaction; Organizational gratefulness; Stress at work; Workplace spirituality.

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Declarations Conflict of interest Author of this publication declares that he has no conflict of interest. Human and animal rights All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Conceptual model with results of path analysis. Note: The standardized regression coefficients are shown *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. Results in parentheses regarding the men but without parentheses regarding the women. The residuals for mediators were allowed to covary but are not shown for the sake of legibility. The relationship with God and the attitude toward coworkers is the dimensions of the employee spirituality scale
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