CURIOSITY AND WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY IN BANKERS

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.