Islamic Human Resource Management and Turnover Intention among Employees of an Islamic Religious Council

Abstract

Objective - Turnover has become a worldwide problem that has puzzled organizations, researchers and experts for years. This study is focused on practices of iHRM that consist of Islamic Staffing, Islamic human resources management, Islamic performance management and Islamic compensation and turnover intention among employees at Islamic Religious Council. This study has 3 research objectives. Firstly, to identify the level of the iHRM. Secondly, to identify the level of turnover intention. Thirdly, to investigate the relationship between iHRM and turnover intention. Methodology/Technique - 300 questionnaires were distributed to all employees at one of Islamic Religious Council in Malaysia as sample for this study and a stratified random sampling method was used. Findings - The research concludes that the level of iHRM and turnover intention is high. The relationship between iHRM and turnover intention also has a positive effect. Novelty - This research is one of few studies to examine the relationship between iHRM and turnover intention. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: E24, M12. Keywords: Turnover Intention; Islamic Human Resources Management (iHRM); Islamic Staffing; Islamic Human Resources Management (iHRD); Islamic Performance Management; Islamic Compensation Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Omar, M.K; Jamhari, N.A; Yusoff, Y.M. (2021). Islamic Human Resource Management and Turnover Intention among Employees of an Islamic Religious Council, Journal of Management and Marketing Review, 6(1) 56 – 64. https://doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2021.6.1(6)