Abstract ID : AIMC-2020-EBM-529 Do Students in Engineering Universities behave like Employees/Co-workers? Exploring Relationship of Islamic Work Ethics and Organizational Behaviors among Engineering Students.

Abstract

This study explores the relationships between Islamic Work Ethics (IWE), workaholism (WA) and positive and negative Organizational Behaviors (OBs) amongst Engineering Students. Most of the researchers have studied OBs and ethics among faculty or administrative staff in universities. Study of these behaviors among students is a novel area of research. This study proposes an integrated framework of Islamic Work Ethics (IWE), Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), Constructive and Destructive Deviant Behaviors, and workaholism (WA) with the productivity (CGPA) of engineering students and empirically investigates the relationship between productivity, behaviors and ethics and moderating effect of IWE on the relationship of OCB and productivity of engineering students using Preacher and Hayes Technique. This research makes a number of significant contributions: (1) organizational behaviors are explored among engineering students which were previously studied among faculty members/employees only (2) a model of behaviors, ethics, WA and productivity is prepared using hierarchical regression which was not available in literature. The findings and implications are discussed along with future research guidelines. The findings here are important for practitioners and scholars for better understanding of relationship of OBs, WA and ethics with the productivity of engineering students in order to enhance their productivity through promotion of desired behaviors amongst them.

Uncovering the Indirect Impact of Work Ethic on Engineering Students’ Productivity through Positive and Negative Organizational Behaviors and Workaholism

“…In Islamic countries like Pakistan, where approximately 97% of the population is Muslim, the WE followed is IWE, which is a part of the individuals' education/grooming [53]. Many researchers have found that IWE has significant positive or negative relationships with individuals' positive and negative behaviors towards colleagues/organizations [57,58]. Scholars have found that behaviors and attitudes like unity, justice, the need for balance, and knowledge-seeking is promoted by IWE [58].…”

An analysis of customer satisfaction on employee professionalism: a comparison between Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia

“…There are many works that prove the positive relationship between IWEs and employee behaviours and organizational success. This includes Amilin et al (2018), Zin et al (2018), Khurram et al (2020), Sattar et al (2020) and Romi and Ahman (2020). By analysing their works, IWEs can also be said to be related to the employee behaviour and professionalism, where if the employee practices IWEs, they will improve their behaviour and also professionalism.…”