The Relationship between Islamic Religiosity, Islamic Work Ethics and Job Performance

Abstract

The efforts in sustaining the excellence level of job performance have been widely discussed, either by researchers or organizations itself. However, the practitioners still confronts difficulties in sustaining job performance, especially in Muslim countries. This due to human's complex behavior and many other factors such as job stress and dissatisfaction. Whereas, as a Muslim, the employee's should be self-control, patient, resilience, tolerance, and make a complete resignation to Allah's will. Furthermore, a Muslim should believe that Allah is All Wise, and that there is great wisdom behind everything that Allah does. Thus, along with these Islamic religiosity awareness, each individual will be compelled to behave ethically. Although there are numerous studies on ethics have been conducted, either in Islamic perspective or general perspective. There is a lack of study that investigate the impact Islamic religiosity awareness in workplace. Thus, in response to the impact of both Islamic religiosity and Islamic work ethics in enhancing as well as sustaining job performance, this paper presented, discussed, and investigated empirically for possible implications between Islamic religiosity, Islamic work ethics and job performance. Smart-PLS have been used as analysis tool. Future researchers are expected to expand the study on job performance from Islamic perspective.

Impact of Work Ethics on Job Satisfaction in Malaysian Organisations

“…Work ethic is a major factor in determining how satisfied you are with your career. Unfortunately, even in Islamic countries like Malaysia, most people today refuse to respect the rules and behave inappropriately (Zahrah et al, 2016). Despite the fact that this insight focuses on the Islamic perspective on work ethics, which holds that in order for an individual to succeed in their profession, they must adhere to the Islamic work ethics (IWE), it nonetheless somehow connects to work ethic and job satisfaction in the broadest sense.…”

“…Job satisfaction could also be attributed to an employee's attitude toward his/her work which is later recognised and drives motivation. Freeman, Parmar & Martin (2020); Zahrah et al (2016) highlighted that the growth of international trade and technological development on a global scale have shown increased concerns of social accountability and ethical behaviour among all levels of employees. and these research areas are still relevant and strongly debated.…”

Impact of Religiosity, Work-related Stress on Job Performance and Workload as Moderating Variable

“…However, many studies have proven that both religiosity and spirituality have a positive influence on individual attitudes and behavior. The internalization of religious values can influence ethical behavior or the values of individual attitudes and behavior and is reflected in personal and social life (Elias et al, 2018;Zahrah, 2016). Meanwhile, there are correlations between religiosity and emotional intelligence, prayer and motivation, productivity and turnover (Bello, 2012;Rohim & Budhiasa, 2019).…”

Halal Development: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges

“…Thus, in response to the impact of Islamic religiosity and Islamic work ethics in improving and maintaining performance, this research is presented, discussed, and investigated empirically for possible implications between Islamic religiosity, Islamic work ethics and performance. Zahraha et al (2016) discussed the issue of the work ethic with the rationale of the growing popularity of religion when Max Weber developed the theory of Protestant Work Ethics (PWE), which was then able to strengthen the Western economy through its ideology of capitalism. In his work, he claims that only Protestant Christians can accelerate and improve the economy, while other religions cannot do the same acceleration.…”