Abstract:
The topic of leadership enjoys unflagging interest among management theorists and
practitioners. One of the trends that arose in the 1990s is spiritual leadership. Some authors have
pointed out the importance of spiritual leadership is to create a sustainable workplace for employees.
Thus, there is a need to present the achievements of academic knowledge in this topic. The aim of the
paper is to synthesize research in the emerging spiritual leadership theory and its importance for
the creation of a sustainable workplace. This study explores the concept of spiritual leadership and
proposes a conceptual model of spiritual leadership within the context of the sustainability of the
workplace. The study is based on a literature review and bibliometric analysis of 373 publications
from the Scopus database, spanning the period from 1980 to 2019. The findings obtained indicate
that the development of the spiritual leadership theory is relevant and applicable to the creation and
maintenance of a sustainable workplace for employees.
