M.A. Thesis:

The Effect of Teaching Spirituality on Job Engagement and Retention of Human Resources and Organizational Commitment of Sabzevar Elementary Education Teachers

This present study was done to determine the effect of teaching spirituality on job engagement and Human Resources Maintenance and Organizational Commitment of Teachers by Semi-experimental method of pre-test-post-test with control group in Sabzevar Elementary Education. the statistical population of this study was all primary school principals of Sabzevar that were selected 32 individuals as sample by using available sampling that were divided into two experimental groups (n = 16) and control group (n = 16), then, calculated experimental scores of at pre-test by distributing standard questionnaires (Salunova and Shufli (2001) job engagement questionnaire, organizational commitment questionnaire (Porter et al., 1974), and Puter's Human Resources Maintenance questionnaires (1983)), then one hour spirituality training was presented in ten sessions for the experimental group only. After completing the training program and calculating the post-test scores, the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (covariance analysis) using SPSS-22 software. The results showed that teaching spirituality in the sample, no significant effect on job engagement, but still significant effect on the Maintenance of Human Resources and Organizational Commitment.

Keywords: Spirituality, organizational commitment, job engagement, Human Resources Retention.