“Win-win”: Dual-path influence of workplace spirituality on work-family enrichment

Abstract

In the era of rapid development in the mobile internet economy, mobile intelligent office equipment has exhibited an unprecedented level of “vitality.” The boundaries between work and family are becoming increasingly blurred, fostering the exchange of resources between employees' work role and family role. Workplace spirituality refers to meaningful work, sense of community, and alignment with the organization that individuals develop in their work, which has been demonstrated to have positive impact on work output. It is a question whether workplace spirituality can be spilled over from employees' work role to their family role to improve the performance of the latter and to realize the win-win results for both roles. Based on work–home resources model and work–family enrichment dual-path model, this research uses multi-country data to examine how workplace spirituality influence work–family enrichment through affective rumination (affective path) and problem-solving pondering (instrumental path). Additionally, work–family segmentation preference is introduced as a moderating variable to identify the boundary conditions between workplace spirituality and work-related rumination. Research findings show that workplace spirituality can positively predict work–family enrichment; affective rumination and problem-solving pondering play a partially mediating role in the correlation between workplace spirituality and work–family enrichment. A strong work–family segmentation preference could diminish the positive impact of workplace spirituality on problem-solving pondering and could also weaken the mediating role of problem-solving pondering between workplace spirituality and work–family enrichment at the same time. This study reveals the strategies to enhance work–family enrichment from a spiritual perspective, thereby promoting a win-win situation for both work and family.