“…This religion strongly encourages employees to take the initiative in contributing voluntarily to their organization's well-being (Alhyasat, 2012;Murtaza et al, 2016), including by identifying innovative solutions to organizational problems (Kumar & Che Rose, 2010). Religiosity might generate a tendency toward conformism in general (Saroglou, Corneille, & Van Cappellen, 2009), but the principles underlying Islamic faith-and particularly the notion of Zakat, one of the five pillars of the Islamic code of life, which requires people to be proactive in alleviating adverse situations (Olanipekun, Brimah, & Sanusi, 2015;Zaman, Roudaki, & Nadeem, 2018)support the notion that employees should do their utmost to change and improve the organizational status quo, even if these efforts are not included in formal job descriptions.…”