La relación entre la espiritualidad en el ambiente laboral y el compromiso organizacional en un grupo de empleados de un municipio del área oeste de Puerto Rico

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Rita Azarrell Vélez-Alvarado
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2149-3257
Roberto González Valles

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Objetivo: determinar la relación entre la espiritualidad en el ambiente laboral y el compromiso organizacional. Método: estudio descriptivo correlacional, la muestra estuvo conformada por 156 empleados del oeste de Puerto Rico. Como instrumento se utilizaron las sub-escalas de la dimensión de la espiritualidad en la unidad de trabajo y la organización de la escala de espiritualidad en el lugar de trabajo de Ashmos y Duchon y la escala de compromiso organizacional de Rosario-Hernández y Rovira-Millán. Resultados: existe relación significativa de manera inversa entre la espiritualidad en el lugar de trabajo y el compromiso organizacional; sin embargo, no se encontraron diferencias significativas entre los años de servicio y la espiritualidad en el lugar de trabajo. Conclusión: la relación inversa entre la espiritualidad en el lugar de trabajo y el compromiso organizacional resulta como consecuencia de la percepción negativa de los empleados ante las nuevas políticas organizacionales en Puerto Rico.

Palabras clave:
espiritualidad en el lugar de trabajo compromiso organizacional

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Rita Azarrell Vélez-Alvarado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico

PhD. Psicología Industrial Organizacional

Roberto González Valles, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico