Workplace Spirituality, the Beacon of Workplace Happiness – A Study on College Teachers of Alipurduar District of West Bengal

Abstract

In human life happiness is indispensable. Unhappy state of mind is the dominant spring of all negative vibes. Negative mind incarcerates us in the world of unhappiness. In modern day life, to get success, we need to be active always and to be active, it is utmost urgent to nourish the mind with the vibes of happiness. Happiness contingents upon numerous factors. If those factors are favorable, mind becomes happy and vice versa. Unfortunately, unfavorable factors incarcerate us in the misery of unhappiness. So the challenge is to be happy while factors are unfavorable. In human life, work life in today’s workplace is the origin of negative vibes at work life in terms of anger, annoyance, scare, depression, burnout and so forth. As long as an individual is at workplace, it is impossible to get rid of negative vibes. The need of the hour is to be happy while the surrounding vibes is negative. Spirituality at workplace is as an apparatus which is capable of bringing enormous happiness among employees irrespective of any negative circumstances. Workplace spirituality is a multidimensional variable. In the current study, three dimensions of workplace spirituality viz mindfulness, meaningful work and sense of community  have been taken into consideration to analyze the happiness among employees using primary data collected from the college teachers of Alipurduar District, West Bengal. The study finds that there is a positive impact on the happiness by the various dimensions of workplace spirituality among college teachers.