January 2024

Volume 07 Issue 01 January 2024
Workplace Spirituality and Mental Health: The ROLE of Employee Engagement
1Rini Juni Astuti, 2Deni Wardhana Adiputra, 3Isthofaina Astuty
1,2,3Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i01-80

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ABSTRACT

The objective of this research was to examine both the direct and indirect effects of workplace spirituality, employee engagement on mental health. The aims of this study are to (1) examine toward what workplace spirituality impacts mental health, (2) examine toward what workplace spirituality on employee engagement, (3) examine toward what employee engagement on mental health, (4) examining the role of mediator employee engagement in the relationship between workplace spirituality and mental health. The staff had to have worked for at least one year in order for the purposive sampling method. This study employed a survey method by which a total 214 staffs of Mitra Paramedika Hospital, Sleman, Indonesia with Path Analysis. The results of this study indicated that employee engagement had a positive and significant effect on mental health, workplace spirituality had a positive and significant effect on employee engagement, and employee engagement could mediate the effect of workplace spirituality on mental health. Also, the results showed that the workplace spirituality did not have an effect on mental health.

KEYWORDS:

Workplace Spirituality, Mental Health, Employee Engagement

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