Abstract:
We examined the experience of workplace spirituality with respect to its three dimensions
namely, meaningful work (sense of purpose in work), sense of community (sense of relationship with
others at work), and value allignment (match between employee and organization’s values). We also
compare the experience of spirituality among younger and older employees and among those with
different levels of educational attainment. Using self-administered survey questionnaires, we collected
data from 274 Malaysian public service employees involved in poverty alleviation programs in the rural
sector. The experience of workplace spirituality is considerably high for all the three dimensions,
especially so for meaningful work. Workplace spirituality did not differ significantly by employee age but
differed significantly by employee educational attainment. The experience of workplace spirituality for
all the three dimensions were greater among employees with college and university education than
their counterparts with high school education. Implications for human resource development and future
research are presented
