Abstract

Spirituality research has attracted much interest in recent times, particularly among the management group of researchers, owing to the realisation that people come to work not with their hands and heads only but also with their spirit. The present study explores the intervening role of spiritual climate in the relationship between spirituality and turnover intentions among academics at tertiary institutions in Plateau State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted and 320 questionnaires out of the 500 administered were used. The data set collected was analysed using Smart-PLS to test the hypothesised relationships. The results reveal: (1) No relationship between spirituality and turnover intention; (2) Spirituality relates positively to and significantly with spiritual climate; (3) Spiritual climate significantly influences academics’ intention to leave; (4) Spiritual climate is found to mediate the relationship between spirituality and intention to quit. We situate our contribution in this paper to theory and practice.

摘要

近来，灵性研究引起了极大的兴趣，尤其是在研究人员的管理团队中，因为人们意识到人们不仅要用手和头工作，而且还要用他们的精神来工作。本研究探讨了灵性气候在尼日利亚高原州高等教育机构学者灵性与离职意向之间关系中的干预作用。采用横断面调查设计，使用了 500 份问卷中的 320 份。使用 Smart-PLS 分析收集的数据集以测试假设的关系。结果表明：（1）灵性与离职意向无关；(2) 灵性与灵性气氛正相关且显着；(3) 精神风气显着影响学者的离校意愿；(4)精神气候在精神性与戒烟意愿的关系中起中介作用。我们将本文的贡献定位于理论和实践。