Abstract:
The aim of the study was to investigate relationship between curiosity and workplace
spirituality as well as the predictive role of curiosity on workplace spirituality of bank
employees. Convenient and snowball sampling techniques were used to collect the
sample of 149 bank employees (Men=99 & Women=50), with age ranging 20-59 years
(Young & Middle adults). To assess curiosity and workplace spirituality, Five Dimensional Curiosity Scale Revised by Kashdan et al., (2020), and Workplace
Spirituality (WPS) by Petchsawang and Duchon (2016) were used. The results indicated
that the bankers with higher curiosity had high workplace spirituality. Moreover, there
was gender difference in curiosity as men scored higher in thrill seeking and social
curiosity as compared to women. In addition, regression analysis indicated that curiosity
positively predicts all the domains of workplace spirituality as joyous explorations and
stress tolerance positively predicts workplace spirituality, joyous exploration and thrill
seeking positively predicts transcendence, joyous exploration positively predicts
meaningful work, joyous exploration, stress tolerance, covert social curiosity positively
predicts mindfulness, stress tolerance and thrill seeking positively predicts compassion in
bankers. This study has theoretical contribution in the field of industrial-organizational
psychology.
