Studying the role of spirituality in quality of work life amongst Muslim employees in Indonesia

Spirituality in the workplace is in pursuit of meaning and purpose in life to establish a strong connection between co-workers and to achieve harmony between core beliefs and organisational values. In today’s competitive world, organisations need to make effective use of human resources (Ahmad & Omar 2016). Hence, a new strategic approach has been introduced in the human resources in the literature. In other words, human resources are both the agent of work and its creator, therefore they play a pivotal role in the development of the organisation and the great organisational changes that originate from the capabilities of the human resources (Altaf & Awan 2011). The importance and necessity of spirituality in the organisation are such that it can bring humanity for the organisations, activities for the community and responsibility for the environment (Ahmadi, Nami & Barvarz 2014). To meet environmental demands and stay competitive, organisations need motivated and productive employees who work hard to achieve organisational goals (Belwalkar, Vohra & Pandey 2018). In present times, employees seem to be looking for something beyond material rewards at places they work. They seek meaningful, hopeful work and want to balance their lives (Gupta, Kumar & Singh 2014). Organisations are faced with mature employees who seek to find meaningful, purposeful work and nurture the workplaces with such characteristics. In fact, spirituality at work describes the experience of employees whose work is satisfying, meaningful and purposeful (Adhikari & Dhruba 2010).