The Effect of Managers' Humility on the Emotions and Ethical Behaviors of Nurses at Besat Hospital in Hamadan: Explaining the Mediating Role of Workplace Spirituality
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022),
19 Esfand 2022
,
Page 22-37
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v8i1.33064
Abstract
Background and Objective: Although recent research has investigated the positive effects of manager humility on employees’ work-related outcomes, the role that manager humility can play in promoting employees’ positive psychological resources and emotions, such as empathy and gratitude, has been relatively neglected. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of managers' humility on empathy, appreciation and ethical behaviors of nurses working in Besat Specialized and Super-specialty Educational and Medical Center in Hamadan.
Methods: The present study was descriptive survey-based. The statistical population included the nurses of Besat Specialized and Super-specialty Educational and Medical Center in Hamedan, consisting of 390 people. The sample size was 198 people, which was determined based on Morgan’s table using simple random sampling method. For collecting data, five questionnaires were used. Their validity was tested by convergent validity, while their reliability was confirmed by calculating Cronbach’s alpha and the proposed model was analyzed using structural equations modeling. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Results: The results showed that all the relationships were significant; managers' humility predicted 81% of spirituality in the workplace, 52% of ethical behaviors, 48% of empathy and 29% of gratitude. Also, managers' humility predicts 76 percent of ethical behaviors, 49 percent of empathy, and 65 percent of gratitude through workplace spirituality.
Conclusion: The findings show that manager’s humility has important consequences for creating positive emotions and behaviors in the employees. The organizations with more integrity can create more desirable working environments to encourage the individuals to show positive feelings. In addition, they can make personal and organizational values and increase meaningfulness of work, which leads to increased perception of spirituality in the workplace.
- Empathy; Ethical behaviors; Gratitude; Managers’ humility; Workplace spirituality
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