Table 2

Higher and lower-level categories and frequencies

Higher-level categoriesLower-level categoriesFrequency (%)
Spiritual practicesSelf-reflection, self-analysis, perspective80**
Contact/connection/part of nature48**
Meditation48**
Moments alone, silence, individual experience44
Regulation of relationships, principles, values, qualities, meaning40
Prayer36
Personal development readings32
Physical exercise, sports activities, body/mind practices28
Trust/connection to the divine/higher power/entity20
Self-care and habits for health and well-being16
Sharing/learning with significant people16
Training/actions for personal development16
Wellness massages/therapies16
Consultations/sessions for self-knowledge12
Religious rituals12
Service of healing, actions for development/support to others12
Affirmations, mantras4
Spiritual retreats4
Spirituality experiencingSelf-knowledge/self-awareness/interiorization*76**
States of spiritual well-being *76**
Management of one’s psychological processes*64**
Feelings of emotional well-being and balance*60**
Inner connection/with one’s essence/now/nature/something/everything44
Meaning and purpose in life, orientation beyond self, purpose*44
Openness to others and human qualities in relationships*40
Orientation by universal values, criteria, consistency in practice*40
Relations with developmentOpenness to others and human qualities in relationships*80**
Self-development/evolution, path, improvement, better person, transcendence76**
Self-knowledge/self-awareness/interiorization*76**
Management of one’s psychological processes*64**
Orientation by universal values, criteria, consistency in practice*60**
Feelings of emotional well-being and balance*48**
States of spiritual well-being *48**
Meaning and purpose in life, orientation beyond self, purpose*40
Integration in organizational leadershipHuman qualities in work relationships84**
Spirituality and evolution in the whole person, transversal, process80**
Facilitating the development of others, helping to grow56**
Governed by guiding principles of life in organizations, doing things well/ethics, values56**
Orientation towards purpose and greater good/cause at work, vision of the collective, community56**
Influence and impact on culture and organizational climate48**
Personal leadership, balance and well-being, coherence, consistency48**
Professionally, integration of feelings; self-knowledge, tranquility44
Being an example, attitudes, inspiration, positive influence, criteria40
Reflection practices; self-analysis, context analysis, conscious action36
Service-to-others orientation, sharing, less materialism24

Note(s): * lower-level categories common to both Spirituality Experiencing and Relations with Development higher-level categories

** lower-level categories with frequency between 48 and 100%

Source(s): Authors work

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