Mahoney and Graci (1999) have proposed that spirituality involves a sense of giving and service,
a sense of connection (community), compassion and forgiveness, meaning, and morality.
Delgado (2005, 159) argues that “the most common quality in descriptions of spirituality was
transcendence, followed by meaning, mystery, animating or life-giving, connecting or unifying.”
Finally, Neck and Milliman (1994, 9-10) define workplace spirituality as “expressing a desire
to find meaning and purpose in life,” “a transcendent personal state,”