Abstract

The success of an entrepreneur orientation from an Islamic perspective is not only measured in material success but also in a growing business. Muslimah entrepreneur needs passion and alertness in entrepreneurship to help to shape an entrepreneurial optimism and make decisions as well as business development efforts. The aims of the research are (1). Analyzing the influence of entrepreneurial passion on entrepreneurial alertness (2). Analyzing the influence of entrepreneurial alertness on Islamic entrepreneurial orientation (3). Analyzing the influence of entrepreneurial passion on Islamic entrepreneurial orientation. Data were collected from a sample of 86 Muslimah entrepreneurs from the Association of Muslimah Entrepreneurs in Jambi Province. Data collection is carried out using a questionnaire as the instrument research. Moreover, path analysis is used to analyze the influence of each variable studied. The results showed that there is a positive and significant influence between: entrepreneurial passion on entrepreneurial alertness, entrepreneurial alertness on Islamic entrepreneurial orientation, and entrepreneurial passion on the Islamic entrepreneurial orientation of Muslimah entrepreneurs. Research implementation will enhance the passion and alertness of Muslimah entrepreneurs and it suggests further studies to strengthen the model of research particularly in terms of Islamic entrepreneurship perspective.

Highlights

  • The term entrepreneurial orientation means how the owner of a business has an entrepreneurial spirit and culture

  • The indicators lead is fixed to entrepreneurial orientation activity but carried out by Muslim entrepreneurs based on Islamic rules

  • The questionnaire was sent to respondence by email and google form and it divided into three parts 1) Entrepreneurial passion, 2) entrepreneurial alertness and 3) Islamic entrepreneurial orientation

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Introduction

The term entrepreneurial orientation means how the owner of a business has an entrepreneurial spirit and culture. Successful entrepreneurs from the Islamic side are measured in terms of success materially.This is because human needs are for property needs but there are other necessary aspects concerning religion, intelligence, life, honor (Yaacob and Azmi, 2012). Related to this in entrepreneurial islamic entrepreneurs are profit-oriented and produce halal goods and services.Chowdhury (2008) and Hoque et al (2014) stated that Muslim entrepreneurship is the process of starting from a company to produce halal goods and services and generate reasonable profits

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