SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS ROLE IN AN EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATIONAL TRUST

Abstract

In the last few decades we have seen that because of various corporate scandals, the people have lost the trust and confidence on the leaders running the corporate houses. No research has undertaken to address the aspect of spiritual intelligence of the leaders of the organisation and the rule which they could have played in developing the organisational trust. The very basic objective of this study or research is to find out the exact role of spiritual intelligence in effective leadership and its consequent impact on the organisational trust. The conceptual background of this research is based on some of the theories of intelligence, leadership interest and in addition to all above a combat relationship between the servant leadership. With the help of a close ended questionnaire using purposes sampling method. We have obtained responses from 25 employees who are working in different companies of Delhi city. The participants or respondents have been selected includes leaders leading the organisation management and employees of those leaders working as subordinates. After the collection of the data a codification technology has been used to make analysis and interpretation manually to make the identification of five different aspects, with the help of a methodological way so as to reflect the relationship between emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, integrity levels and moral phenomenal aspects. The findings of the studies shows that undoubtedly spiritual intelligence has a very significant role in developing the good capacity in leaders for decision making, building of relationships and improving the empowerment level. Those senior leaders who make a leverage and optimum utilisation of their spiritual intelligence can easily develop a culture of trust and empowerment and can also be a role model not only to their subordinates but to other superiors of the organisation. Whatever the research or literature available on spiritual intelligence, it was having a focus on making or defining the various phenomenal and critical aspects of spiritual intelligence but none of the research has focused on demonstrating the practical side of use of spiritual intelligence in developing the leadership. The purpose of this research is to make an exploration of spiritual intelligence and its role in developing the organisational trust. The researcher has investigated various live experiments made by the senior managements or leaders with the level of spiritual intelligence interest.