Examining the Impact of Spiritual leadership on Employee’s intrapreneurial Behavior: The Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support and Mediating Role of Psychological Safety

Abstract

Practitioners in majority of the organizations today are focusing on voluntary work behaviours of employees that can benefit the organizational outcomes with minimal intervention of extrinsic rewards. In this context, the purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of Spiritual Leadership on Employee Intrapreneurial Behaviour through the mediating role of Employee Psychological Safety. This study also examines how perceived organisational support affects these interactions as a moderator, taking social exchange theory as a foundation. Spiritual leaders' vision, optimism, and altruistic love may satisfy workers' unbiased psychological needs may trigger intrapreneurial activities. Social Exchange Theory (SET) show how spiritual leadership may inspire employees to engage in intrapreneurial activities, especially when the hotel's goal and the employees' callings are in alignment. Additionally, the selfless love that spiritual leaders have for their followers has a huge impact on employee calling and promote intrapreneurial acts. As a result, this study also stresses how important it is to encourage workers to engage in intrapreneurial conduct. A non-probability sampling approach was used to collect data on the hotels in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Utilising cross-sectional research design and information was gathered from 250–300 workers. Findings of the study reflect that spiritual leadership has a positive impact on employee psychological behaviour, that in turn boosts employee intrapreneurial behaviour. Moreover, the effect of spiritual leadership on psychological safety was significant, when perceived organisational support was high.