Perceived Workplace Spirituality and Contextual Performance: With Mediating Role of Constructive Deviance in Select Higher Educational Institutions

Abstract

Academicians and practitioners are paying much more attention to workplace spirituality. Despite this attention, its relationship with several constructs like constructive deviance and contextual performance in the workplace is mostly overlooked and needs to be investigated. The present research, however, has empirically looked at the relationship of perceived workplace spirituality (PWS) with constructive deviance (CD) and contextual performance (CP). Moreover, the current study tests the mediating role of CD in the connection between WS and CP. The data was gathered from 206 Assistant Professors of higher educational institutions in Haryana, Punjab, and Chandigarh. The predicted relationships were tested using SPSS and AMOS software. The outcomes showed that PWS is positively related to both CD and CP. Further, the results depicted no mediating impact of CD on the linkage between perceived WS and CP. Additionally, managerial and societal ramifications are discussed, as well as potential study directions. Higher educational administrators should encourage disagreements, reporting of wrongdoings and two-way communication to improve overall performance. The practical implication advocates daily gratitude and visualization practice and personalized meditation treatment by HR managers to transmit spirituality at the workplace. Moreover, the societal implications of the study suggest vitalizing spirituality in individuals and rewarding whistle-blowers to encourage constructive deviance.