ABSTRACT
224In order to prosper and thrive in today’s turbulent business environment, organizations are continuously in search of engaged employees. Earlier research findings have brought out the fact that highly engaged employees go above and beyond the core responsibilities outlined in their job descriptions, innovating and thinking out of box to move their organizations forward. Engaged employees carries an incessant will power to give their time and energy for supporting the cause about which they are truly passionate. This kind of ideologies gives birth to the concept such as workplace spirituality. The factor of spirituality encompasses the assumptions that each person has his/her own inner motivations, truths, and desires to be engaged in professional activities that give greater meaning to his/her life and the lives of others. The present study is designed to explore the linkage between workplace spirituality and employee engagement. Data were collected from 172 executives employed with Indian public and private banks & insurance industries. A set of standard tools on workplace spirituality and employee engagement was administered to all the participants. The results revealed that there exists a positively significant relationship between workplace spirituality and employee engagement. At the same time, there are not much of statistical differences between genders on perceiving their organizations differently in regard to dimensions of workplace spirituality and employee engagement. Both theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed in the light of empirical findings.
