Abstract:
Ethical behavior of employee may exist among employeres who have inner feelings of
having better work experiences by using their spiritual experiences, and also to nurture
these by creating meaningful ethical work environments. These phenomena have not
been sufficiently studied especially in the context of recent corporate scandals and
ethical violations. For this reason, this study seeks to enrich the understanding of impact
of spiritual intelligence and its sub constructs on ethical behavior of employee among
the employees who are working in two apparel firms on Nuwara Eliya district.
Hence, this research examines the level of spiritual intelligence (critical existential
thinking, personal meaning production, transcendental awareness and consciousness
state expansion) and ethical behavior of employee, the relationship between them as
well as the impact of spiritual intelligence on ethical behavior of employee in selected
two apparel firms.
In this research study, primary data was collected. A structured questionnaire was used
as the method of data collection. The stratified random sampling method was used to
create the sampling framework for the study. The quantitative research approach was
used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression
analyses.
This research study relies on a data set derived from its survey of 258 employees who
are currently employed in two apparel firms and the findings indicate that there is good
reliability and a high level of spiritual intelligence, critical existential thinking, personal
meaning production, transcendental awareness and consciousness state expansion and
ethical behavior of employee. Also showed that there is a positive relationship between
spiritual intelligence and ethical behavior of employee, personal meaning production
and ethical behavior of employee, transcendental awareness and ethical behavior of
employee and consciousness state expansion and ethical behavior of employee.
Furthermore, the study discovered that spiritual intelligence (critical existential
thinking, personal meaning production, transcendental awareness and consciousness
state expansion) have a significant positive impact on organizational ethical behavior
of employee
