New Testament-Based Culture and Climate as Antecedents to Employee Engagement and Psychological Safety

Abstract

The purpose of this study included testing to determine if there was a relationship between the New Testament-based organizational spirituality concept, as measured by the NTOS-L and NTOS-C scales, and employees’ self-perception of their work engagement and psychological safety. Survey Monkey’s Audience Service collected 226 usable results from participants who were 21 years of age or older and had three or more years of work experience. We conducted a three-model hierarchical multiple regression for each of the six dependent variables (three variables measuring employee engagement and three variables measuring psychological safety). We controlled for gender and tenure. NTOS-L and NTOS-C significantly impacted the six dependent variables. Neither gender nor tenure were significantly related to the dependent variables. In addition, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis of the NTOS-L and NTOS-C scales, with each measurement model showing a good fit. We recommend several future research areas to gain a greater understanding of the New Testament-based organizational spirituality concept