SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE AS SCHEMA FOR DECISION MAKING - THE UNTAPPED FRONTIER

Abstract

The bedrock of all major religious beliefs has been that ‘Man is a spiritual being, in
search of the ultimate knowledge’. However, it is only recently that this aspect has been
investigated from a scientific and analytical perspective and how it influences an individual’s
personality construct. The paper analyses the transformative potential of Spiritual Intelligence
(SI) and effect on the decision-making ability of an individual and how it affects the cognitive
capability of the human mind. The research extends the SI idea as a schemain order to suggest
that it works both to restrict choices and to perceive cognitive information. This model provides
a more detailed picture of the SI’s impact and focuses the hypothesis on current human cognition
theory. The paper, based on conceptual based theoretical evidence,proposes an Analytical
Framework, which has been verified by quantitative data analysis on individuals in various
leadership roles in the field of information technology. “Our culturesencourage us to learn both
‘spiritual’ and ‘worldly’ knowledge. If one learns spirituality, then worldly knowledge will
become founded on spirituality.”