The Role of Workplace Spirituality in Improving Job Satisfaction and Lecturer Performance

This study was aimed to examine the influence of workplace spirituality, leadership spirituality,
and intelligent spirituality on job satisfaction and performance of lecturers in private universities in Riau.
The respondents of this study were 111 lecturers. The exogenous variables were workplace spirituality,
intelligent spirituality, and leadership spirituality. In addition, the endogenous variables consisted of job
satisfaction and lecturer performance. The analytical tool used was path analysis using PLS-SEM. The
researchers found out that only intelligent spirituality and leadership spirituality that had a significant effect
on job satisfaction, while workplace spirituality showed different result. On the other hand, workplace
spirituality had a significant effect on lecturer performance, while intelligent spirituality and leadership
spirituality had no significant effect on the variable. This research suggested that universities should be
more concerned about their surroundings and workplace spirituality. Moreover, universities leaders should
also care about the inner peace of their teaching staff and be more honest and do not tell falsehood.
Keywords: Workplace Spirituality; Intelligent Spirituality; Leadership Spirituality; Job Satisfaction; Lecturer Performance