Spiritual evolution level and its relationship with type A behaviour, self-monitoring behaviour and optimism
by Rajesh Ratnakar; Shreekumar K. Nair; Omer Bin Sayeed
International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management (IJICBM), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2014

Abstract: Spirituality encompasses many aspects of an individual's inner life, hitherto mostly ignored in the business context. By taking an alternative perspective of spirituality, this paper presents a new construct namely, spiritual evolution level (SEL) as perceived by the executives, and examines its nomological relationship with three well established psychological and organisationally relevant variables - type A behaviour (TAB), self-monitoring behaviour (SMB), and optimism (OPT). Statistical analysis of the data, covering a managerial sample of 405 individuals from across 122 companies in south-western India, revealed significant correlations between SEL and the three variables, namely, TAB, SMT and OPT. Further, regression analysis showed SEL to be a predictor of all these three variables. Canonical correlation analysis also showed that these three variables, taken together, were correlated with the nine dimensions of spiritual evolution level. SEL was also found to have a positive relationship with the respondents' age. Results of the study have significant implications for practicing managers in terms of better health, more effective stress management and achieving greater success at work.

Online publication date: Sat, 07-Jun-2014

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