This paper reports two studies that examine how an organization might enable
more productive work practices by encouraging the expression of its employees’
spiritual selves in an eastern context. Study 1 shows that people who regularly
practice meditation have higher workplace spirituality scores than people who
do not regularly practice meditation. Study 2 reports a quasi-experimental study
in which people practiced insight meditation. The data did not reveal a direct effect
for the meditation, however spirituality does relate to work performance.
Moreover, the practice of meditation is also found to partially mediate the relationship
between workplace spirituality and work performance.