Impact of spirituality at workplace on organizational commitment in private banks of Nagpur, India

Scholars report that, researchers and management professionals have steady increased their interest in spiritual issues at work. The concept of spirituality in life workplace has become more and more popular in recent years. This research is carried mainly to understand the relationship between workplace spirituality & organizational commitment. It was also studied the impact of spirituality on the commitment of employees from bank. For this research, four private banks were selected. Total 218 employees were randomly picked for this study. SPSS, version 23 was utilized for evaluating the data. It was found that spirituality strongly influences the organizational commitment, and it directly impacts on it. It was suggested that the management should consider spirituality at workplace seriously in order to enhance the productivity of employees, and they will be more committed towards their work.

MENJAGA KUALITAS MANAJEMEN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DI MASA COVID 19

This article wants to discuss how the management of Islamic education in maintaining the quality of learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Islamic education during a pandemic must have the right management because Islamic education is not only concerned with intellectual issues but also about spiritual issues. The purpose of Islamic education is a starting ethic, so automatically the management of Islamic education must be correct. During the pandemic, the management carried out by the Ministry of Religion and its staff launched a planning, management and supervision by means of online learning. Implementers of each school along with supervision and parents and peers are the most core supervisors in Islamic education. By using qualitative methods based on previous research and several books as primary and secondary sources, it is hoped that it can make a big contribution to Islamic education and scientifically there is an image of a new file taste for future scholarship.

The perspectives of rehabilitation medical professionals of an Indian apex tertiary care hospital

Background: Spiritual care has been considered one of the components of rehabilitation. But its study and applicability is considerably lacking amongst the rehabilitation professionals. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers in addressing spiritual issues of patients and understanding the perceptions of rehabilitation professionals in order to inculcate a bio-psycho-socio-spiritual model of care.Methods: In this cross sectional survey, 35 rehabilitation medical professionals at our institute completed a questionnaire assessing their opinion about religion, and spirituality with its inclusion in clinical practice & medical education. The individual domains were analyzed through descriptive statistics.Results: The findings suggested that most rehabilitation professionals understand the importance of addressing spiritual issues of patients but lack its feasibility in clinical practice due to multiple barriers, mainly due to lack of time, training, knowledge, fear of imposing religious beliefs and failing to differentiate between religion and spirituality.Conclusions: The lacuna in various dimensions imposes restrictions in imparting spiritual care to patients. It may affect the total care and thus quality of life of such patients. This can be addressed by proper training and sensitization of medical professionals during medical education as well as during clinical practice.

Difficult pain

A child in pain needs not only appropriate medical treatment, but specific attention to psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual issues in order to allow meaningful exploration of wider fears or concerns. Management requires a collaborative, multimodal approach; optimal use of non-pharmacological strategies, targeted analgesic pharmacotherapy, and if necessary, specific interventional therapies. Although managing pain is only one aspect of providing palliative care for children, however, it is a core task. The experience of severe pain demands an individual’s whole attention, leaving little chance of addressing wider psychosocial or existential concerns while it remains uncontrolled. Difficult pain is a highly prevalent symptom among children with life-limiting conditions (LLC). It is complex, usually multifactorial and multifaceted. It is encountered in every dimension; the physical perception and experience of pain will be dictated by the existential and psychosocial context in which it occurs for the individual child.

Comparing perspectives: patients’ and health care professionals’ views on spiritual concerns and needs in chronic pain care - a qualitative study

Background The spiritual aspect of care is an often neglected resource in pain therapies. The aim of this study is to identify commonalities and differences in chronic pain patients’ (CPP) and health care professionals’ (HCP) perceptions on the integration of spiritual care into multimodal pain therapy. Methods We conducted a qualitative exploratory study with 42 CPPs and 34 HCPs who were interviewed in 12 separate groups in five study centres specialising in chronic pain within German-speaking Switzerland. The interviews were transcribed and subjected to a qualitative content analysis. Findings were generated by juxtaposing and analysing the statements of (a) HCP about HCP, (b) HCP about CPP, (c) CPP about HCP, and (d) CPP about CPP. Results Views on spiritual concerns and needs in chronic pain care can be described in three distinct dimensions: function (evaluating the need / request to discuss spiritual issues), structure (evaluating when / how to discuss spiritual issues) and context (evaluating why / under which circumstances to discuss spiritual issues). CPPs stress the importance of HCPs recognizing their overall human integrity, including the spiritual dimension, and would like to grant spiritual concerns greater significance in their therapy. HCPs express difficulties in addressing and discussing spiritual concerns and needs with chronic pain patients. Both parties want clarification of the context in which the spiritual dimension could be integrated into treatment. They see a need for greater awareness and training of HCPs in how the spiritual dimension in therapeutic interactions might be addressed. Conclusions Although there are similarities in the perspectives of HCPs and CPPs regarding spiritual concerns and needs in chronic pain care, there are relevant differences between the two groups. This might contribute to the neglect of the spiritual dimension in the treatment of chronic pain. Trial registration This study was part of a larger research project, registered in a primary (clinicaltrial.gov: NCT03679871) and local (kofam.ch: SNCTP000003086) clinical trial registry.

INFINITE VISION oF ARTHUR MILLER

Apart from social, economic and political questions, Arthur Miller was equally interested in ethical and spiritual issues. He tried to answer many questions regarding the origin of man and woman upon this planet. Of course, he had great faith in the working of divine system and the presence of God. Like Robert Browning and R.W. Emerson, he believed in merciful God and regarded Him the creator and preserver of human life and natural objects. Like Hindu saints, he asked himself - Who am I? What is the aim of life? What is the significance of self-illumination? Why are people misguided by ego, pride, lechery, greed, violence, folly, vanity etc. and ultimately suffer. But due to his optimism he believed that life can be made better if efforts are made by all kinds of people. His infinite vision is elaborated and analyzed in this article as he shows his faith in mercy, wisdom, right action, right knowledge and right conduct. There is no denying the fact that in his tragedies he shows no indifference to ethical values and answers the questions - 'How to live?'

MANAJEMEN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DALAM MENJAGA KUALITAS PEMBELAJARAN DI TENGAH PENDEMI COVID-19

This article wants to discuss how the management of Islamic education in maintaining the quality of learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Islamic education during a pandemic must have the right management because Islamic education is not only concerned with intellectual issues but also about spiritual issues. The purpose of Islamic education is a starting ethic, so automatically the management of Islamic education must be correct. During the pandemic, the management carried out by the Ministry of Religion and its staff launched a planning, management and supervision by means of online learning. Implementers of each school along with supervision and parents and peers are the most core supervisors in Islamic education. By using qualitative methods based on previous research and several books as primary and secondary sources, it is hoped that it can make a big contribution to Islamic education and scientifically there is an image of a new file taste for future scholarship.

Similarities and Differences between Danish and American Physicians’ Religious Characteristics and Clinical Communication: Two Cross-Sectional Surveys

Many physicians remain reticent to initiate or partake in discussions about their patients’ religious and spiritual needs during the clinical encounter. Reasons for this may be insufficient time, capacity, education or training but may also be a product of variance in physicians’ own religious or spiritual characteristics. The aim of this paper was to compare American and Danish physicians’ religious characteristics, and to explore and compare American and Danish physicians’ attitudes towards, and practices of, integrating religiosity and spirituality in the clinical encounter. We included data from two cross-sectional surveys: an American survey conducted in 2002 (n = 2000) and a Danish survey conducted in 2012 (n = 1485) to test four hypotheses. American physicians were significantly more religious, they more frequently inquired about religious or spiritual issues in the clinical encounter and they found it more appropriate to discuss religious or spiritual issues if the patients brought it up when compared to Danish physicians. A weak to moderate positive correlation between level of religiosity and frequency of inquiring about religious and spiritual issues were found in both populations. The findings are discussed in relation to the clinical importance of ensuring that health care practices stay patient centered. The findings may especially be relevant to consider in increasingly ethnically and culturally diverse contexts.