Dark Leadership and its Impact on Work Place Spirituality: An Empirical Study

Gowtham Raaj V; Rupa Gunaseelan

Gowtham Raaj V Doctoral Research Scholar (Full Time), Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Rupa Gunaseelan Professor, Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Keywords: Leadership, Work Place Spirituality

Abstract

Leadership has an imperative mastery on employee and organisational outcomes. In particular, leaders shapes the culture of the organisation, role model behaviour for employees and develop inter and intra personal relationships between themselves and their followers. states that employees with low spiritual
intelligence has a strongly relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance compared to individuals with high spiritual intelligence. This paper examines the leader's destructive behaviour and its impact on work place spirituality. The structured questionnaire was adopted to collect the data from217
BPO employees in Coimbatore. The results of the study shows there is a significant positive and negative relationship between the variables of destructive leadership on workplace spirituality. The study highlights the findings of previous research, and suggestions for future studies, and provides a practically useful
measure of destructive leader behaviour in organizations.
Background of the study: Leadership has an imperative mastery on employee and organisational outcomes. In particular, leaders shape the culture of the organisation, role model behaviour for employees and develop personal relationships between themselves and their followers.
Research objective: The objectives of the study is to explore a the destructive behaviour and its impact on workplace spirituality
Method: Questionnaire method was used with the sample of 217 respondents working in BPO companies in Coimbatore by using snow ball sampling. The researcher had adopted ex-post facto research design.
Results: The results of the study shows there is a significant positive and negative relationship between the variables of destructive leadership and workplace spirituality.
Conclusion: The study offers a range of applicable suggestions for the policy makers and the organizations of this sector.