Author(s): Alaa M. S. Azazz, Ibrahim A. Elshaer
The theory of spiritual leadership is based on a basic premise that leaders are individuals who are able to express themselves through the body, mind, heart, and soul. Organizations face many challenges, including the need to develop a new business model that increases ethical leadership, employee satisfaction, capacity support, and employees’ commitment responsibility, without sacrificing profits and revenues. Spiritual leadership is an imperative to help the organization transform into an educated organization. It motivates employees internally with a shared vision, embraces this vision and hopes to achieve it, love for others, participate in various tasks, and set goals for the organization. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of spiritual leadership on employees’ satisfaction through the mediating role of employees’ commitment. Data was collected from 650 employees in travel agents and analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). Employees’ commitment was found to partially mediates the direct impact of spiritual leadership on employees’ satisfaction. Future research and implications are also discussed.