WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND TURNOVER INTENTION IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR OF ISTANBUL

Abstract

This research aims to examine the impact of workplace spirituality on turnover intentions in the healthcare sector of Istanbul. A twenty-three item scale was developed and the data was collected from 323 employees of the healthcare sector of Istanbul and the Multiple Regression Analysis was used as the statistical technique. Results indicated that all the dimensions of workplace spirituality namely meaningful work, spiritual association, compassion, and alignment values have a significant negative association with the turnover intentions. Therefore, it is recommended that practitioners in the healthcare sector of Istanbul be realize the importance of spirituality at the workplace in order to reduce the turnover intention among the employees.