Job spirit: How soul and spiritual leadership capacities impact human performance

This study was conducted to investigate how soul expressiveness and spiritual leadership capacities impact human performance in the workplace. This study analyzed data from sixty-two participants in the construction and accounting industry that were selected in two communities south of Boston, Massachusetts. The research model was designed to discover the best examples and experiences of respondents who integrate soul and spirituality at work and to develop an expansive list of spiritual leadership capacities that impact human performance improvement. Individual and focus group interviews helped to define qualities of soul in life and at work. A survey, The Purpose in Life Test, was given to measure performance behaviors as they relate to job satisfaction, productivity, organizational competitive advantage, and profit. This mixed methodology study emphasized that when organizations focus on soul expressiveness and spiritual leadership capacities, the human capacities are suggestive of a direction that they will positively impact human performance in the workplace.