Comparative Study of Spiritual Intelligence among Workforce of Education and Corporate Sector

Abstract

Any organization academic or corporate relies significantly on their “human capital” to achieve their goals. For academic institutions, the faculty force is salient in optimizing educational resources for producing outstanding students. As for the corporate Pf. Wong has said, “for companies to survive in the 21st century in the face of economical downturn and global competition, it would be helpful toseek inspiration from Above [God/heaven] and tap into the employees'spiritual       resources'. Spirituality can be viewed as a form of intelligence because it predicts functioning and adaptation and offers capabilities that enable people to solve problems and attain goals and has a significant influence on the quality of life. Spiritual intelligence is the human capacity to ask questions about the ultimate meaning of life and the integrated relationship between us and the world in which we live. It results in an increase in psychological well-being of individuals as well as enabling them to have a goal in their life. 
Realizing the importance of spiritual intelligence in present times a descriptive study using the Spiritual Intelligence Scale by Dhar and Dhar (2010) will be conducted to measure and compare the range of spiritual intelligence among the teachers of secondary school and employees of corporate sector. The results will be statistically analyzed using mean, SD and T ratio. High, Normal and low range of spiritual intelligence in dimensions of Benevolence, Modesty, Conviction, Compassion, Magnanimity and Optimism will be compared and assessed.