AN INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE ON EMPLOYEES’ EMPOWERMENT

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to investigate the effect of spiritual intelligence on the employees’ empowerment, and the spiritual intelligence and employees’ empowerment are being investigated as independent and dependent variables, respectively. Based on the goal, this research is an applied one according to field and library research. The statistical population of this study includes the employee of Payame-Nour University of Kermanshah with a number of 195, and the statistical sample was selected to be 130 people. The sampling of this study is simple random and data collection has been done using questionnaire (Cronbach’s Alpha of the whole questionnaire was 0.942). Data analysis has been done applying SPSS 19 and LISREL8 software, and the obtained results of this analysis are: spiritual intelligence has positive and significant effect on employees’ empowerment. Competency has positive significant effect on spiritual intelligence. Autonomy has positive and significant effect on spiritual intelligence. Sense of efficacy does not have any positive and significant effect on spiritual intelligence. Sense of meaningfulness has positive and significant effect on spiritual intelligences.