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Purpose This paper is about the development of research by the author in the past with the topic of the influence of spiritual leadership on ethical behavior, quality of work life (QWL), job satisfaction, organizational commitment and employee performance. Design/methodology/approach This research is categorized as an explanation (explanatory) research that intends to explain the position of the variables that were analyzed, the relationship and influence of one variable with another variable and the data analysis methods used, such as structural equation modeling (SEM). The population under consideration for this study is all nurses working in three hospitals, totaling 292 people. Findings The results showed There were significant direct influences of spiritual leadership on quality of work life, spiritual leadership on job satisfaction, quality of work life on job satisfaction, quality of work life on organizational citizenship behavior, job satisfaction on organizational citizenship behavior. Originality/value Originality for this paper shows an explanation (explanatory) research and the method used is SEM to find out the influence of spiritual leadership on ethical behavior, QWL, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and employee performance. This is a research case study on nursing staff of a private hospital in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.