The Influence of Perceived Workplace Spirituality on Job Satisfaction, Intention to Leave, and Emotional Exhaustion among Community Mental Health Center Workers in the State of Kansas
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description: Social workers are becoming increasingly concerned that work-related factors including low salaries, job insecurity, and hierarchical organizational structures have led to a decline in their job satisfaction, their motivation as employees and an increase in their job turnover intention (Barak, Nissly, & Levin, 2001). There might not be adequate human service management principles to cope with social workers' emotional burdens, rekindle their motivation, create meaningful experiences at work, and even help them understand and accommodate their clients' current needs such as spiritual meaning and experiences. The purpose of the study is to present new management principles by applying the concept of Ashmos and Duchon's workplace spirituality (2000) to the human service field. This study investigated the relationship between five sub-variables (Meaning at Work, Inner Life, Contemplation, Organizational Value, and Individual and Organization) of the Ashmos-Duchon Spiritually Scale (2000) and three work-related variables (job satisfaction, intention to leave, and emotional exhaustion) and identified key factors that can best predict these three variables among mental health professionals working at the Community Mental Health Centers (CHMC) in the State of Kansas. The main research questions were "Do the perceived workplace spirituality variables (Meaning at Work, Inner Life, Contemplation, Organizational Value and Individual and Organization) predict the three work-related variables?" The second research questions were "Are there moderation effects due to perceived degree of religiosity or perceived degree of spiritual propensity on the three-work-related variables?" The study used a quantitative cross-sectional and self-administered survey design and convenience sampling method. The sample for this study was 412 direct service workers at the 20 participating CMHCs (out of 29 CMHCs in the State of Kansas). The perceptions about workplace spirituality were measured with …
abstract: Social workers are becoming increasingly concerned that work-related factors including low salaries, job insecurity, and hierarchical organizational structures have led to a decline in their job satisfaction, their motivation as employees and an increase in their job turnover intention (Barak, Nissly, & Levin, 2001). There might not be adequate human service management principles to cope with social workers' emotional burdens, rekindle their motivation, create meaningful experiences at work, and even help them understand and accommodate their clients' current needs such as spiritual meaning and experiences. The purpose of the study is to present new management principles by applying the concept of Ashmos and Duchon's workplace spirituality (2000) to the human service field. This study investigated the relationship between five sub-variables (Meaning at Work, Inner Life, Contemplation, Organizational Value, and Individual and Organization) of the Ashmos-Duchon Spiritually Scale (2000) and three work-related variables (job satisfaction, intention to leave, and emotional exhaustion) and identified key factors that can best predict these three variables among mental health professionals working at the Community Mental Health Centers (CHMC) in the State of Kansas. The main research questions were "Do the perceived workplace spirituality variables (Meaning at Work, Inner Life, Contemplation, Organizational Value and Individual and Organization) predict the three work-related variables?" The second research questions were "Are there moderation effects due to perceived degree of religiosity or perceived degree of spiritual propensity on the three-work-related variables?" The study used a quantitative cross-sectional and self-administered survey design and convenience sampling method. The sample for this study was 412 direct service workers at the 20 participating CMHCs (out of 29 CMHCs in the State of Kansas). The perceptions about workplace spirituality were measured with …
author: Hong, Young Joon
language: EN
keywords: Social work, Community mental health center, Emotional exhaustion, Intent to leave, Job satisfaction, Workplace spirituality
date published: 2009-12-08
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:47:15Z
provider: University of Kansas
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Kansas

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