DETERMINATION ON THE RESPONSE AMONG QUANTITY SURVEYORS TO BENEFICIAL OF IMPLEMENTING ISLAMIC WORK ETHICS (IWE) IN MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Abstract

The concept of Islamic Works Ethics (IWE) is a ground-breaking one in terms of ethics and professionalism. It is founded on Islamic teachings and principles, which are based on faith. Implementing IWE has a number of advantages, including increased job satisfaction, performance, organisational commitment, growth in behaviour and manners, motivation, and more. Regrettably, only a small number of businesses, particularly in Malaysia's construction industry, have integrated IWE into their operations. Based on previous studies, mostly researcher focused on implementation IWE in construction industry as general not specific towards person who are involed in the construction. As a result, the objective of this article is to determine the response among Quantity Surveyors in the Malaysian construction industry on beneficial of implementation on IWE. The questionnaire was given to the quantity surveyor who works in Kuala Lumpur in order to accomplish the objective. There were 68 responses in all, accounting for 85% of the response rate. The finding was reported as descriptive statistics, and the most recent SPSS version was used to determine the means of each variable. It concluded that the IWE contribute positively to organisational commitment, work satisfaction, and justice. Hence, this article looks insights of the effects of Islamic work ethics (IWE) on employees’ behavior in construction industry in Malaysia.