Title: Explaining the mediating effect of organisational culture and work engagement on the relationship between spiritual leadership and organisational commitment

Authors: Seyed Hasan Hosseini; Marzieh Hidary; Mohammad Mehdi; Mehdi Samimi; Reza Khanahmadloo; Saeed Habibi

Addresses: Department of Management, Faculty of Management Science, University of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Educational Sciences, Abadeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadeh, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Science, University of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Science, University of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Science, University of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to explain the relationships between four variables of spiritual leadership, organisational culture, work engagement, and organisational commitment in an Iranian NGO active in the field of social services. The statistical population included 1,150 employees. To collect the data, after distributing 288 questionnaires, 279 were returned, and analysed. Then, the data was reanalysed using the structural equation method in LISREL software. The results indicated that the research hypotheses had been accepted at a 95% confidence level. In other words, a positive and significant effect of spiritual leadership on organisational culture, work engagement, and organisational commitment has been observed. Organisational culture and work engagement had a significant and positive impact on organisational commitment. Moreover, one of the other research results has been the significant and positive effect of the mediating variables of organisational culture and work engagement on the relationship between spiritual leadership and organisational commitment.

Keywords: spiritual leadership; work engagement; WE; organisational culture; organisational commitment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2023.132681

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2023 Vol.22 No.3, pp.225 - 244

Received: 24 Nov 2021
Accepted: 07 Sep 2022
Published online: 07 Aug 2023 *

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