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Investigating the relationship between spiritual leadership and professional burnout among the staff of Ardebil hospitals
Zahra Khakdel Jelodar, Alimohammad Mosadegh Rad, Abbas Rahimi, Ebrahim Jafarey Pooyan,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (5-2016)
Abstract

Organizational spirituality is a modern topic of discussion in the field of organizational behavior. Iran compared to the world has more spirituality level so the responsibility of the management researchers for using this value tools to solve organizational problems has decreased. Providing peace of mind alongside comfort and convenience for hospital staff greatly affects their competence and will naturally influence the quality of service. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spirituality and professional burnout among the hospital staff in Ardebil. This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on the staff of Ardebil hospitals (3 public hospitals, 1 private hospital and 1 veterans’ hospital) selected by sampling. Data were collected using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and a Spiritual Leadership Questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed through Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient at 0.95. Finally, data were analyzed using the SPSS 20 software, t-test, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests.

The results showed the mean of spiritual leadership among the staff of public, private and veterans’ hospitals to be 3.51 out of a possible 5, indicating a good spiritual condition. Spearman’s Rho test results showed a significant negative relationship between spiritual leadership and professional burnout of the staff (P < 0.05). Moreover, professional burnout among the subjects was calculated at 43.2%, indicating a medium level.

In conclusion, spiritual leadership and its dimensions were found to be above average, thus indicating favorable conditions. Considering the importance of spiritual leadership and its relationship with burnout, managers should strengthen all dimensions of spiritual leadership in hospitals to create an environment without conflict and reduce burnout to improve efficiency.


Structural Modeling of Relationship Between Spiritual leadership and Professional Ethics with Organizational Performance and Quality of Work Life with Role of Organizational Learning among Employees of Imam Reza Hospital, Urmia
Mohammad Hassani, Afsaneh Abbaskhani,
Volume 11, Issue 0 (3-2018)
Abstract
Today, the role of spiritual leaders is to stimulate employees by employing a spiritual perspective and creating cultural backgrounds based on human values to raise capable employees. On the other hand, professional ethics is one of the variables that has a significant impact on individual and group activities and outcomes of the organization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual leadership and professional ethics with organizational performance and quality of work life with the intermediate role of organizational learning among employees of Imam Reza Hospital in Urmia. The design of this research was a descriptive-correlational cross-sectional design model of structural equations. The statistical population of this research included 759 employees, 240 of them were selected by random sampling method. For data collection, standard questionnaires were used. Pearson Coefficient and Structural Equation Model Finding were used to analyze and examine the assumptions and the relation between the variants. The results show that there is a significant relationship between spiritual leadership variables and Professional Ethics with organizational performance and quality of life of employees (P<0.01, r=0.42, r=0.51), (P<0.01, r=0.36, r=0.75). Furthermore, the results showed that the intermediate role of organizational learning in the association between spiritual leadership and professional ethics with organizational performance and quality of work life (β = 0.17, β = 0.18, β = 0.16, β = 0.17) ) is confirmed. According to the findings, it can be concluded that paying attention to spiritual leadership and professional ethics can improve the organizational performance and quality of work life, as well as enhance organizational learning among the staff of Imam Reza Hospital.

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