Authors : Asghar Ghadamzan Jalali, Mohammad Javad Taghavi and Vahab Pourkazemi Astaneh
Abstract: Spirituality in the workplace including new topics in the field of organizational behavior addressed and each day attracts more enthusiasts. There are diverse views about spirituality, caused the matter to be investigated by different approaches, three main approaches are religious approach to spirituality in compliance a particular religion, introspective approach that considers spirituality internal and existential approach knows spirituality meaning in work and life. This study was descriptive-survey and the structural equation, to collect literature library method, to collect field method data and to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used. In this study, the underlying concepts of ethics and morality in literature review and then doing a introspective concept of spirituality, for the first time as a factor influencing ethical behavior of employees is considered in Payam e Noor University of Gilan province. Ethical behavior of employees by criteria such as: honesty, ownership, validity and reliability, transparency, dignity, fairness, citizenship and sensitivity measured and in the model has been used as indicators of organizational ethics. The results of testing research hypothesis by structural equation modeling showed positive effects spirituality in the workplace on the observance principles of organizational ethics by employees.
Asghar Ghadamzan Jalali, Mohammad Javad Taghavi and Vahab Pourkazemi Astaneh, 2016. Investigating the Effect of Spirituality in the Workplace on the Principles of Organizational Ethics in Payam e Noor University of Gilan. International Business Management, 10: 3409-3417.