Personal Spirituality

December 3, 2025

Personal Spirituality’s Effect on Workplace Stress Among Healthcare Workers in U.S. Organizations

Patrick Allen-Kojo Tamakloe | 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation was to further the Daniel (2015) research on workplace spirituality (WS) and workplace stress (WPS) to investigate further the research question on whether personal spirituality has an influence on WPS. The literature reviewed included research conducted by the American Institute of Stress (AIS), highlighting the influence of WPS on productivity, personal health, and the bottom-line across U.S. organizations. Additionally, spirituality scholars have reflected on the rise of personal spirituality in the workplace. Prayer fulfillment (PF), universality (UN), and connectedness (CN) that denote spiritual transcendence were predictor variables assessed by the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments Scale (ASPIRES). The outcome variable, WPS, was assessed by the Workplace Stress Scale (WSS). I investigated the hypotheses that there was a negative correlation between personal spirituality and WPS; additionally, controlling for gender and tenure, I attempted to determine if there was any statistical significance between PF, UN and CN, and WPS. Data were obtained by a third party entity, Qualtrics, across a population of healthcare workers in the United States for a sample size of N = 105. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s product-moment correlation to establish correlation and multiple regression data analysis to determine a predictive relationship between personal spirituality and WPS. Results obtained from the data computed indicated there was no statistically significant correlation or predictive causality between personal spirituality and WPS. However, there were observed multicollinearity among the independent variables, with evidence of negative correlations with PF, CN, and WPS, though not of statistical significance. The research hypotheses were consequently rejected in favor of the null hypothesis. This research consequently enhanced insight into notions that personal spirituality influenced workplace stress.

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