A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEESʹʹ SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOB SATISFACTION: A SURVEY IN IRANʹʹS BANKING INDUSTRY

The present study was conducted in Mazandaran, a province in north of Iran, and aimed to analyze the relationship between employees’ spiritual intelligence and job satisfaction. There were 1100 personnel in Mellat bank. According to Krejcie and Morgan (1970), the minimum number of sample size was determined as 285 personnel. A total of 366 questionnaires were distributed among the bank personnel and 288 filled questionnaires were returned. The factors analysis and the findings show that no significant relationship was found between spiritual intelligence and job satisfaction. Results show that in our context of Iranian employees, despite high levels of spiritual intelligence, most of the indices of Job Satisfaction have not been fulfilled, i.e. high levels of Spiritual Intelligence have not resulted in high levels of Job Satisfaction.