Influence of Workplace Spirituality on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour at the Office of the Auditor-general, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of workplace spirituality on organisational citizenship behaviour at the Office of the Auditor-General, Kenya. Its specific objectives were to establish the influence of organisational values, meaningful work, sense of community and compassion on organisational citizen behaviour at the Office of the Auditor – General. The study targeted a population of 1529 staff comprising policy makers, management staff, technical and support staff. Simple random and stratified random sampling techniques were used to select the sample while simple random sampling was used to select 153 respondents. A descriptive survey using semi-structured questionnaires was used to collect primary data. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and presented using descriptive measures, percentages and frequency distribution tables. The study established that employees were passionate about their work, look forward to come to work every day, feel energized and enjoy their work. The study further found that the sense of community was fair and just as well as employees feel a sense of security. In addition, the study found that organisational values enable workplace spirituality to have more connection within the organization goals and makes staff feel positive about the values of the organization. Through the study, it was established that compassion was high in OAG as staff help co-workers relieve their suffering and employees easily put themselves in their colleagues’ shoes. The study however recommends that there is need to enhance the sense of community because it facilitates the sense of security among the employees. The study also recommends that there is need for appropriate organisational values to facilitate workplace spirituality and enhance connection within the organization goals making staff to feel positive about the values of their organization thus promoting organisation citizenship behaviour. The study recommends that a further study should be carried out to establish the influence of workplace spirituality on organisational citizenship behaviour in other organisations in Kenya.