WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND HAPPINESS AMONGST SCHOOL TEACHERS: MEDIATING ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION

Abstract

The study reveals that the obscure relationship between workplace spirituality and happiness among school teachers, emphasizing the mediating role of job satisfaction in Pakistani schools in particular. The idea of workplace spirituality—which includes a feeling of community, meaning, and purpose as well as a congruence of personal and organizational values—has drawn increasing interest in the educational field in recent years. Teachers frequently experience emotional, psychological, and professional stress, which can affect their general well-being and efficacy as key players in academic and societal growth. Hence, improving both individual performance and institutional outcomes requires an awareness of the elements that contribute to their pleasure. Structured questionnaires were used to gather data from a sample of public and private school teachers as part of a quantitative study design. The study employed validated measures to measure happiness, job satisfaction, and workplace spirituality in order to evaluate the data and look into the suggested correlations between the variables.  The findings indicate a significant beneficial relationship between workplace spirituality and teacher satisfaction. Furthermore, it was discovered that job satisfaction acted as a partial mediator in this relationship, indicating that teachers who feel their work has purpose and aligns with their personal values are more likely to be content with their positions, which in turn leads to their general happiness. This mediation highlights the psychological mechanisms through which a spiritually stimulating workplace improves wellness. As a future implication of the subject study, afresh utilization for the vital variable like workplace spirituality is advantageous for both individual expertise in education and the educational setups as a whole for considered enhancement. However the proper understanding of this vibrant aspect as a result of this endeavor, future studies may be employed in cases of organizations and especially to their management relevant human resources department or section.