| dc.description.abstract | This study is to explore the correlations among individual spirituality, personality traits, life satisfaction. Besides, to see if there’s a mediating effect by Big Five Model between individual spirituality and life satisfaction. Independent variable for spirituality including four subscales which are self-awareness, the importance of spiritual beliefs, spiritual practices and spiritual needs, Big Five Factors Model including five personality traits which are Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional stableness and Openness to experience. Dependent variable for life satisfaction.
All participants come from three groups (employees, Buddhists and Christians) in this study to explore the differences and implications in management among groups. Effective sample total 297 received by self-evaluation questionnaire.
The consequence in this study found that spirituality and its subscales (self-awareness, the importance of spiritual beliefs, spiritual practices and spiritual needs), five personality traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stableness and Openness to experience) all have positive correlations with life satisfaction, spirituality and its subscales have positive correlations with five personality traits as well. Emotional stableness among Big Five Factors Model definitely mediate the correlations between spirituality and life satisfaction, that means spirituality will go through emotional stableness then upgrade life satisfaction. This evidence shows that people have intrinsic spirituality and five personality traits with different degrees, spirituality and religion are overlapping, spirituality and positive emotion will interact life satisfaction, based on above reasons, business organization should respect individual beliefs as well as relevant religious or spiritual training will be given to employees. By this way, all team members will strengthen their emotional stableness which leads to help individual life satisfaction. | en_US |