@article {7398,
	title = {Spiritual leadership and work engagement: a mediating role of spiritual well-being},
	journal = {Central European Management Journal},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2024},
	month = {09/2024},
	pages = {421-435},
	abstract = {Purpose {\textendash} Recently, both researchers and practitioners have been very interested in the impact of leadership on employee engagement. Thus, I aimed to examine the relationship between spiritual leadership and work engagement through the mediating role of spiritual well-being at work.
Design/methodology/approach {\textendash} I assessed spiritual leadership, engagement, and well-being in an empirical study based on a sample of 223 employees. I collected data through a survey-based method and analyzed them using structural equation modeling (SEM).
Findings {\textendash} The present study contributes to the existing knowledge in the leadership field, especially spiritual leadership. The results revealed that spiritual leadership impacts employees{\textquoteright} work engagement by indirectly influencing employees{\textquoteright} spiritual well-being.
Research limitations/implications {\textendash} Theoretically, the findings imply that spiritual well-being can be one of the factors considered in enhancing work engagement through spiritual leadership.
Practical implications {\textendash} Finding evidence that spiritual leadership, like other leadership styles, can foster employee engagement. Therefore, leaders should take care of employees{\textquoteright} spiritual needs.
Originality/value {\textendash} Many researchers have indicated that well-being is associated with employee engagement. However, they overlooked employees{\textquoteright} spiritual well-being in the research. The study confirmed the unexplored mediating role of spiritual well-being between spiritual leadership and employee engagement.},
	issn = {2658-0845 },
	doi = {10.1108/CEMJ-05-2023-0223}
}
