The relationship between components of EFL teachers' spiritual intelligence and their work engagement

The role of teachers' spiritual intelligence in their professional behaviors and emotions has been ignored in the literature. To address this gap, this particular study investigated the relationship between the components of Spiritual Intelligence and Chinese's EFL teachers' work engagement. Employing purposeful sampling, the researcher shared the link of the questionnaire among 498 Chinese's English language learners in M.A. and PhD levels in Shandong province, three municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai that were directly under the Central Government, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and other 13 provinces. To collect the required data, two valid questionnaires were used: Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Questionnaire and Teachers' Work Engagement Questionnaire. The researcher used descriptive and inferential statistics; Pearson correlation coefficient, and multivariate analysis in Amos to analyze the obtained data. The specific findings of the present study confirmed a direct, positive, and significant relationship between teachers' spiritual intelligence and their work engagement. Implications are also discussed to raise teachers' awareness of spirituality and work.