Abstract:
This study uses a spiritual appraisal model of stress and health to investigate the moderating effects of spirituality
at work on job stress, wellbeing, and ill-being amongst Australian academics (Gall, Charbonneau, Clarke, Grant,
Joseph & Shouldice 2005). Academic staff members employed in Australian universities completed a self-report
questionnaire containing quantitative measures of spirituality at work (individual, work-unit and organisation wide spirituality), wellbeing, ill-being, job threat stress and job pressure stress (N = 139). Bivariate correlation
analyses demonstrated that spirituality at work, wellbeing, ill-being and the job stress variables correlated
moderately with each other. However, at the multivariate level, spirituality at work did not moderate the
influence of job stress on either wellbeing or ill-being. Instead, job threat stress significantly predicted decreased
wellbeing and increased ill-being. It was concluded that further exploration of spirituality at work is required to
better understand potential benefits for organisations
