Investigating the effect of the transcendental leadership on organizational productivity with the emphasis on spirituality in in insurance organization in Gillan province
Subject Areas : Business ManagementReza Esmailpour 1 , hani nikookar 2
1 - دانشیار گروه مدیریت، دانشگاه گیلان، دانشکده ی ادبیات و علوم انسانی،
2 - سرباز نیروی انتظامی
Keywords: Transcendental leadership, spirituality in the workplace, organizational productivity,
Abstract :
Productivity means using the resources and possibilities oforganization in order to get hold of the goal with least materialexpenditure. In the changeful and turbulent world of today, productivityis one of important factors which can make difference among the rivalorganizations. Motivating the employees to do the job with the highestquality and quantity increases the productivity. Transcendentalleadership and spirituality in the workplace is one of the mostchallenging factors in today's world. The research method was an applieddescriptive casual. To gather the data a questionnaire was used. Thestatistical population was 372 employees. Using Cochran formula thesample size was 189 employees. To analyze the data Pearson correlationand structure equation modeling were used. Spss 20 and lisrel 8.8.wereused Results showed that transcendental leadership having meaningfuland positive effect on the Spirituality in the Workplace andorganizational productivity. Also Result showed that Spirituality in theWorkplace having meaningful and positive effect on the organizationalproductivity.
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_||_Alvani M., & Ahmadi, P. (2002), Design of Total Pattern of Affecting Factors on Human Resource Productivity. Journal of Modares, 5(1).
Ashmos, D. P., & Duchon, D. (2000), Spirituality at work: a conceptualization and measure. Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2). 134-145.
Bass, B. (1985), Ledership and performance beyond expectations. New York; free press.
Boney, P. K. (2009), Innovative team climate in transcendent, North Carolina State University.
Burack, E. (1999), Spirituality in the workplace. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 12(4), 280-291.
Caroline, H. L. (2007), Transactional, Transformational, Transcendental Leadership: Motivation Effectiveness and Measurement of Transcendental Leadership, School of Policy, Planning, and Development University of Southern California Los Angeles, California.
Crossan, M., Vera, D., &Nanjad, L. (2008), Transcendent leadership: Strategic leadership in dynamic environments. The Leadership Quarterly.
Delbecq, L. A. (1999), Christian spirituality and contemporary business leadership. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 12(4), 345-349.
Farhangi, A. A., fataahi, M., & Vasegh, B. (2006), Spirituality in the workplace and their role in improve organizational citizenship behavior. Organizational Culture Manegement, 13, 5-36, (In Persian).
Francoeur, k. A. (2008), The relationship between the five-factor model of personality and leadership preferences for initiating structure and consideration, dissertation, Indian university of pensilvania.
Freshman, B. (1999), An exploratory analysis of definitions and applications of Spirituality in the workplace. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 12(4). 318-327.
Gardiner, J. J. (2006), Transactional, transformational, and transcendent leadership: Metaphors mapping the evolution of the theory and practice of governance. Kravis Leadership Institute. Leadership Review, 6, 62-76.
Gotsis, G., & Kortezi, Z. (2008), Philosophical Foundations of Workplace Spirituality: A Critical Approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 78, 575–600.
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Herman, R. E., & Gioia, J. L.(1999), Making work meaningful: secrets of the future-focused corporation.The Futurist,32(9),24-38
Heaton, D.P., Schmidt-Wilk, J., & Travis, F. (2004), Constructs, Methods, and measuring for researching spirituality in organizations. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 17(1), 62-68.
Ilies, R., Morgeson, F., & Nahrgang, J. (2005), Authentic leadership and eudaemonic well-being: Understanding leader– follower outcomes. The Leadership Quarterly, 16(3), 373-394.
Kishor, K. (2013), Transcendental leaders are The moral fiber of An organization. Journal of Business Management & Social Sciences Research, 2(7).
Marques, J., Dhiman, S., & King, R. (2005), Spirituality in the workplace: Developing an Integral model and a Comprehencive Definition. The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 7(1), 81- 91.
Milliman, J., Czaplewski, A. J., & Ferguson J. (2003), Workplace spirituality and employee work attitudes, An exploratory empirical assessment. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 16(4), 426-447.
Mirzaei, A. (2012), The effective factors on improving labor productivity in Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade:: Tehran. Retrieved from: http://www.system.parsiblog.com/, (In Persian).
Nasiripour A., Raeisi P., & Hedayati S. R. (2009), The Relationship between Organizational Cultures and Employees Productivity. Journal of Health Administration, 12(35), 17-24, (In Persian).
Poyan, S. A., & Masoumi, M. (2009), Establishment of productivity Cycle. 7th Conference of Quality & productivity, Tehran.
Sass, J. (2000),Characterizing Organizational Communication Culture Approach. Communication Studies, 51(3), 195-217.
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