The mediation effect of quality of worklife and job satisfaction in the relationship between spiritual leadership to employee performance
Authors: Pio Riane Johnly 
Published: March 2022

Purpose

This study aims to determine the effect of mediation on quality of work life (QWL) and job satisfaction in the relationship between spiritual leadership and employee performance conducted on nursing staff of private hospitals in North Sulawesi.

Design/methodology/approach

This study focuses on a private hospital in North Sulawesi. The population in this study is all nurses working in three hospitals which became the object of study totaling 292 people. Analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to test the hypotheses. In this study, the data used are primary data collected by distributing questionnaires. Data were analyzed using qualitative descriptive methods and, the researcher presented data by describing sorted or organized data and documents obtained and scientifically stated.

Findings

First, spiritual leadership does not directly affect employee performance. Second, quality of worklife as a mediating variable in the relationship between spiritual leadership to employee performance. Given the marked positive coefficient indicates that the higher the spiritual leadership will cause the higher the employee performance if mediated quality of worklife is also higher. Because the direct effect of spiritual leadership to employee performance is insignificant (with positive coefficient), indicate that quality of Worklife as pure moderator, means that spiritual leadership has a relationship to employee performance, only if the employee has the quality of worklife. Third, quality of Worklife as a mediating variable in the relationship between spiritual leadership to employee performance. Given the marked positive coefficient indicates that the higher the spiritual leadership will cause the higher the employee performance if mediated job satisfaction is also higher. Because the direct effect of spiritual leadership to employee performance is insignificant (with positive coefficient), indicate that quality of worklife as pure moderator means that the spiritual leadership has a relationship to employee performance, only if the employee has the quality of worklife.

Research limitations/implications

The data in this study is still limited to nurses who work in hospitals based on religious foundations and is limited to one city only Manado City North Sulawesi province in Indonesia.

Practical implications

The implications of the results of this study for the development of science are significant by contributing to the discipline of organizational behavior, human resource management and leadership. For people in particular who need health services, the results of this study provide references in choosing organizations engaged in health services whose standards of service have spiritual leadership values. And the implications of the results of this study have consistency with the findings in this study, that the performance of nurses can be influenced by spiritual leadership from the quality of work-life that includes: opportunities to grow, participate in decision-making, have a sense of pride in work, and conditions of work environment Perceived and experienced by nurses getting better and more positive. Likewise, if the nurse's job satisfaction increases because of the well-paying salary, promotion, work team, supervisor and job it will contribute to the improved performance of the nurse.

Originality/value

Originality for this paper shows mediation effect of quality of worklife and job satisfaction in relationship between spiritual leadership toward employee performance; no previous study has studied comprehensively the mediation effect of quality of worklife and job satisfaction in relationship between spiritual leadership toward employee performance. This research is a case study on nursing staff of private hospital in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.