Abstract

Introduction:Faculty members are the most important resources of universities and responsible for training human resources in the health system and Promoting their satisfaction will improve the education of students and the health system of the country. Spiritual intelligence is the ability to apply spiritual values and qualities in a way that promotes daily functioning and physical and mental health. Increasing spiritual intelligence seems to improve faculty-student relationships and, ultimately, job satisfaction by enhancing faculty motivation and reducing anxiety. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine the correlation between spiritual intelligence and job satisfaction of faculty members of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences.
Materials & Methods: The present study was an analytical cross-sectional study and the study population was faculty members of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected using King's Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire and JDI Job Satisfaction Questionnaire and the statistical analysis software was SPSS 16.
Results: In this study, 100 faculty members were studied, 67 of which were basic science faculty members and 33 were clinical science faculty members. in this study an average work experience were 10.74 years.. There was no relationship between spiritual intelligence and job satisfaction in our study population. There was a significant difference between spiritual intelligence score and overall job satisfaction score between faculty members of basic sciences and clinical sciences. The mean score of spiritual intelligence and job satisfaction was higher among faculty members of basic sciences.
Conclusion: However, the average spiritual intelligence and job satisfaction were higher among the faculty members of the basic sciences. But spiritual intelligence did not have a significant effect on job satisfaction.