THE EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG THE EMPLOYEES’ WITH REFERENCE TO ONGC LIMITED, SILCHAR

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper was to study the relationship between workplace spirituality and job performance among the employees’ with reference to ONGC Limited, Silchar. A survey was carried out through research questionnaires in this prospect and distributed to 225 employees’ of different departments of ONGC Limited, Silchar. Out of 225 samples, 188 were collected from the employees’ in return. Again, out of 188 samples, 18 of them had been rejected due to incompletion. The survey was divided into three different categories: demographics, workplace spirituality and job performance. There were a total of 45 questions offered to 170 participants.

The data collected through the questionnaires has been analyzed with the help of pie diagrams and Spearman’s correlation coefficient through SPSS software. After analysis, we find that there is positive correlation between every single workplace spirituality and job performance statements. In addition, negative correlation were found between very few of the work place spirituality and job performance statements. The results of this study indicates that in general, the employees’ of ONGC Limited, Silchar considers that there is a strong positive relationship between workplace spirituality and job performance. Spirituality in the work environment helps to motivate the employees in carrying out their work or assignments efficiently with full commitment and honesty. These findings reveal that spirituality in the context of the workplace plays a significant role in performance of the employees’.