The current study examines the enhancing impact of workplace spirituality (SAW) on employee well-being (EWB) and the mediating role of perceptions of organizational politics (POPS). This study uses a cross-sectional study approach to collect data from 536 working professionals in Delhi-NCR. SPSS version 21.0 and PLS SEM software (Smart PLS 3) were used for descriptive and inferential data analysis. The EWB construct was treated as a first-order reflective, second-order formative construct since all the dimensions identified in the study capture different facets of EWB and collectively define the construct. A significant but weak direct effect of POPS on EWB (β = –0.158, p < .05) was observed. However, the indirect effect of the two variables was found to be insignificant (β = 0.033, p > .05). This observation indicated a direct-only non-mediation effect (Zhao et al., 2010). Furthermore, this is a pioneer research-establishing linkage between the three variables, SAW, EWB and organizational politics, which have not been taken together in any earlier studies. It establishes that workplaces that implement spiritual practices would be able to counter any harmful effects of self-serving political behaviours by reinforcing performance-based behaviours and enhancing EWB.
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