The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Organizational Spirituality of NursesSummary

Spiritual intelligence and organizational spirituality have been introduced as effective factors in nurses' professional performance and behavior.Therefore, the present study was conducted to examine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and organizational spirituality of nurses.

This is descriptive-analytical correlational study. 193 nurses from Seyed Al-Shohada Hospital in Farsan were selected using convenience sampling method. Data were collected using spiritual intelligence self-report inventory (SISRI) designed by King and organizational spirituality developed by Million. Then, the collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical tests (Spearman correlation, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis). In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests.

The results showed that mean±SD related to nurses' spiritual intelligence score (45.83±61.14) and the mean score related to organizational spirituality (69.12±12.08) were above average. The resultof Spearman correlation test showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the mean score of spiritual intelligence and nurses' organizational spirituality (r=0.208, and P<0.05).

According to the findings of the study, it can be stated that spiritual intelligence can increase the organizational spirituality of nurses.Therefore, by planning in nursing education and then in-service courses to increase spiritual intelligence as a psychological factor can help to promote theorganizational spirituality in nurses.