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The Effect of Psychological Contract Fulfillment and Spirituality in the Workplace towards Lecturer Performance in Research

Alex Winarno, Daniel Kisahwan, Deni Hermana

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i17/11417

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Lecturer assignments at private universities require support and involvement. Physical, cognitive and affective expressions of the lecturer determine the success in putting forward research ideas that are able to show novelty. Current research results are still limited to fulfilling administrative obligations and have not shown a significant contribution to the development of science in terms of concepts, methods and values. Spirituality as an individual resource is not given enough attention. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect Psychological Contract Fulfillment (PCF) and Spirituality in the workplace towards lecturer performance in research. The method used a survey on private university lecturers in the provinces of West Java and Banten, Indonesia. Data analysis using covariant based SEM. The results showed that PCF had an effect on work engagement. PCF has a relationship with spirituality. The spirituality that is practiced and understood by lecturers in the workplace is a spirituality that shows transcendental meaning and becomes a new source for PCF, involvement. Work Engagement produces performance as long as it is driven by PCF and Spirituality. The research implication is to integrate practice and understanding of spirituality as resources to support work engagement into lecturers' research activities.

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In-Text Citation: (Winarno et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Winarno, A., Kisahwan, D., & Hermana, D. (2021). The Effect of Psychological Contract Fulfillment and Spirituality in the Workplace towards Lecturer Performance in Research. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(17), 295–311.