Spiritual Quotient Effects on Research Performance of Ph. D. Candidates: A Demonstration Analysis

Spiritual quotient is emerging as a new concept of spiritual ability. It is obvious different with material ability. As a kind of brainwork, research needs more personal spiritual ability not material ability than physical work. This paper focuses on Ph. D candidates who play important role in university research work but without drawing much academic attention. In this research, we first construct the character dimensions of spiritual quotient and design the research performance evaluation system of Ph. D candidates. Then we try to explore the impact of spiritual quotient on research performance through case interviews and statistical analysis. In the end of this paper, we draw the conclusion: except spontaneity, other 11 dimensions of spiritual quotient all have positive relationship with research performance which includes task performance and contextual performance.