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The Structural Relations of Work Ethics and Purposefulness in Life with the Students’ Spiritual Well-being: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement
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Farzaneh Michaeli Manee *1    , Sheler Abkhiz2 |
1- Urmia University , f.michaeli.manee@gmail.com
2- Urmia University |
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Abstract: (2995 Views) |
Objective
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the structural relationships between work ethics (with an Islamic approach) and purposefulness in life with spiritual well-being through the mediation of work engagement.
Method
The type of research was correlational with structural equations. The statistical population of the present study was all junior and senior high school teachers of West Azarbaijan province (N=26000). A sample (n= 450) was selected using multistage cluster sampling. In order to collect data, Paloutzian and Ellison (1982) spiritual well-being questionnaires, Ryff's psychological well-being (1989), Ali's Islamic work ethic (1988) and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale of Schaufeli et al. (2002) were used. The data were analyzed through structural equation modeling using Smart PLS software.
Finding
The results showed that Islamic work ethics and purposefulness in life have a positive effect on spiritual well-being directly and indirectly by mediation of work engagement.
Conclusion
In this way, it is concluded that by improving Islamic work ethics and giving more importance to purposefulness in life, engagement at work and, as a result, the spiritual well-being of teachers will be reinforced.
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| Keywords: Work ethics, purposefulness in life, spiritual well-being, work engagement, junior and senior high school teachers, Urmia |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Special- quantitative
Received: 2022/08/2 | Revised: 2023/02/6 | Accepted: 2022/12/1 | ePublished ahead of print: 2022/12/19 | Published: 2023/02/6 | ePublished: 2023/02/6
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