As workplaces become more complicated and employees ask for more meaning and balance in their lives, ideas like workplace spirituality and work–life integration have become more important. As companies try to align employee well-being with long-term performance and an ethical culture, these ideas have gained traction.
Objective
The goal of this study is to use bibliometric analysis of the relevant scholarly literature to look at the intellectual structure, main themes, and new research directions in the fields of workplace spirituality and work–life integration.
Methods
The study used 130 documents from the Scopus database that were published between 2003 and 2025. We used bibliometric tools like Biblioshiny (part of the R-based Bibliometrix package) and VOSviewer to do co-citation analysis, keyword co-occurrence mapping, thematic clustering, and performance analysis of authors, institutions, and keywords.
Results
The study found important thematic groups, such as meaningful work, burnout, job satisfaction, and employee well-being. There was a strong link between workplace spirituality and spiritual leadership, organisational commitment, and values alignment. Emotional exhaustion, resilience, and managing boundaries were some of the themes that were related to work-life integration. These themes show that modern research is bringing together psychological, organisational, and ethical issues.
Conclusion
More and more people are realizing that spirituality at work and balancing work and life are important parts of human-centred management. Because they are connected to things like engagement and well-being, there is a need for research frameworks that take all of these things into account and organizational strategies that are sensitive to the situation. The study also points out areas where more research could be done in different fields and cultural settings.
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