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The Impact of Organizational Spirituality on Employee Well-Being Mediated by Servant Leadership

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In this study we sought to understand the role of employees’ perception of their managers’ New Testament-based organizational spirituality behaviors (NTOS) on employees’ self-report of their well-being (EWB) as mediated by employees’ perception of their managers’ essential servant leadership behaviors (ESLB). We concluded that NTOS and ESLB each, alone, had a positive impact on EWB, but NTOS, mediated by ESLB does not have a significant impact on EWB. Thus, researchers may use either NTOS or ESLB to test for a relationship with EWB but may not find a mediating effect of ESLB on the relationship of NTOS relationship with EWB.

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  1. School of Business and Leadership, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA

    Bruce E. Winston & Mihai C. Bocarnea

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    Bruce E. Winston

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    Mihai C. Bocarnea

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Winston, B.E., Bocarnea, M.C. (2024). The Impact of Organizational Spirituality on Employee Well-Being Mediated by Servant Leadership. In: Dean, D.J., Winston, B.E., Bocarnea, M.C. (eds) Biblical Organizational Spirituality, Volume 3. Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51761-7_3

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