Relationships between Spiritual Leadership and Quality of Work Life with Psychological Empowerment

The aim of this research work was to study the relation between the spiritual leadership and the quality of work life with psychological empowerment among staff of Sport and Youth Organization of the Kurdistan Province.
The method of research was descriptive–correlation. The population including all the employees of Sport and Youth Organization of the Kurdistan Province consisted of 84 individuals. As the population was limited, the census method was used, and the questionnaires were distributed among all staff. The data collection instruments were questionnaires of Fry’s spiritual leadership (2005), Walton’s quality of working life (1973), and Whetten and Cameron’s psychological empowerment (1998). The apparent and content validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by ten experts. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to test the reliability. The alpha coefficient for the questionnaire of spiritual leadership was 0.94, for the questionnaire of quality of working life was 0.91, and for the questionnaire of psychological empowerment was 0.92. The data analysis was done by the Pearson correlation and the multiple regression test.
Data analysis indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between the spiritual leadership and the quality of work life with psychological empowerment.
According to the results obtained, it is highly recommended to the managers of organizations, private managers of Sport and Youth Organization of Kurdistan province, to create a favorable spiritual leadership and quality of work life and strengthen psychological empowerment.