THE EFFECTS OF ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP STYLE AND WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY ON JOB SATISFACTION: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Abstract

Perceived Islamic leadership and spiritual workplace environment have received increased attention on educational institutes. The study explores the association between Islamic leadership and workplace spirituality with job satisfaction by mediating role of employee work engagement, aiming to uncover the underlying processes driving this connection. Using a cross-sectional correlational design, data were collected from 212 teachers from higher educational institutes located in Quetta city, Pakistan. Participants completed the quantitative survey. The obtained results revealed that Islamic leadership and workplace spirituality are positively associated job satisfaction. Secondly, employee work engagement emerged as stronger mediators between Islamic leadership and workplace spirituality and job satisfaction. Hypothesis testing were done by using process macro technique recommended by Andrew Hayes on SPSS version 29. This study demonstrates that spiritual culture in form of leadership style and positive factors, elucidating its mechanisms for satisfying needs and motivating while supporting and empowers customizing work to intrinsically drive goals, performance, and engagement as motivated employees engage more in educational activities.