Authors
1 PhD student in sports management, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
2 Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
3 Shahroud University
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this research was to study the effect of spirituality on job enthusiasm with the mediating role of occupational virtue of physical education teachers.
Methodology: The current examination was an applied research study for which we collected descriptive-correlational data through field investigation.
The statistical population of this research included all sports teachers in Tehran (N=1600) and 310 of them were selected as a statistical sample through simple random sampling. To collect research data, the spirituality questionnaires of Milliman et al. (2003), the organizational virtue of Cameron et al. (2004) and the job enthusiasm of Shaufeli and Bakker (2003) were used. The research data were analyzed in the descriptive part using descriptive statistics and in the inferential part by structural equation modeling.
Results: The results of the present study showed that spirituality has a positive and significant effect on job enthusiasm and job virtue. Also, job virtue has a direct and meaningful positive effect on job enthusiasm. In addition, occupational virtue had a partial mediating role in the relationship between spirituality and job enthusiasm of physical education teachers.
Conclusion: Based on the research findings, spirituality and occupational virtue are particularly important as factors affecting the job enthusiasm of sports teachers, and these two factors directly affect the job enthusiasm of teachers. Therefore, to improve the job enthusiasm of employees, especially sports teachers, educational organizations need to pay special attention to spirituality and occupational virtue in the workplace. Therefore, they should adopt programs to increase spirituality indicators and promote occupational virtue.
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