The Influence of Spiritual Leadership on Work Motivation in Hospitals

Abstract

Background: The value of the idea of spirituality in the workplace can be highlighted if the employee is viewed as a whole person. Leadership and spirituality are both challenging ideas. Many researchers argue that leadership based on spiritual values has relevance to positive human physical and psychological health, and this can increase employee motivation and performance in the workplace. Therefore, evaluating staff motivation levels and the organization's leaders' commitment to a spiritual code of behaviour helps advance work and remove organizational obstacles. Purpose: The goal of this study is to examine the scientific literature in the area of spiritual leadership and how it relates to employees' motivation at work. Methods: This study used a descriptive design and data was collected from the Scopus database which discusses the literature on the field of spiritual leadership. Scopus has a large database, then to analyze and visualize the data that has been collected using it using a  VOS viewer. Results: The study's findings revealed an increase in the research done on spiritual leadership to date. There are eight subject areas where the majority discuss spirituality, leadership, and organization. On the theme of spirituality, 20 articles were obtained; for the leadership theme, 20 articles were obtained; and for the organization theme, 18 articles were obtained. Conclusion: The results of this study show an increase in the scientific literature that discusses spiritual leadership from year to year.  Each piece of literature conveys several benefits that can be achieved when an organization implements spiritual leadership, one of which is an increase in employee work motivation.