Synergising Organisational Magnificent Ambience: the Role of Transformational Leaders to Cherish Workplace Spirituality

Purpose: This research was carried out to explore the impact of transformational leadership style on school principals towards cultivating workplace spirituality. Independent variable for this study is transformational leadership, while dependent variable is workplace spirituality. Design/methodology/approach: This is a quantitative research with 1,014 teachers as respondents. The questionnaires for this study is adapted from MLQ for transformational leadership, while the instrument for workplace spirituality is adapted from Milliman, Czaplewski and Ferguson (2003). Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) method is used to describe the findings of three hypotheses. Before testing the hypotheses, the instrument has gone through Confirmatory factor Analysis Findings: The empirical findings show that transformational leadership affects the dimensions of meaningfulness at work, sense of community and the alignment of organisational values which represent workplace spirituality. These findings also indicates that transformational leadership contribute positively to the enhancement of workplace spirituality in the non-profitable organization. Practical implications: This paper may encourage future researchers to assess other leadership practices that can be linked to workplace spirituality and other school's organisational behavior outcomes. A leader in an organization plays a crucial role to create heart-warming ambiance which may lead to a highly spirited workplace that will eventually create a harmonious working climate in the school. The paper provides a unique perspective of workplace spirituality in the school setting that needs new flavour so as to make the school setting more favorable. Originality/value: Investigating the role of transformational leadership in non-profitable organization in promoting workplace spirituality is one of a kind especially in school settings in Malaysia. The vital contributions to the literature is offered by this research in context leadership and organsational behavior.