Abstract
AbstractResearch into spirituality and its impact on the work environment has been bourgeoning. In an attempt to explore the role of Islamic spirituality in the workplace, this study examines the influence of Islamic spirituality on job satisfaction and organisational commitment through work ethics. Data are obtained by an online Likert-scaled questionnaire survey based on one thousand Muslim employees from various economic sectors in Indonesia and analysed through structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings demonstrate that Islamic spirituality positively influences job satisfaction and organisational commitment as two dimensions of work attitudes and that work ethics mediate that influence. There is also evidence that job satisfaction positively influences organisational commitment, but work ethics does not moderate that influence. The findings related to the role of work ethics, which mediates the effect of Islamic spirituality on job satisfaction and organisational commitment, can be considered the contribution of this study.
Highlights
Research in spirituality and its impact on work ethics and workplace performance has been growing rapidly, predicated on the assumption that human attitude to work is affected by innate spirituality (Ashmos & Duchon, 2000)
This study assumes that employees who embrace Islamic spirituality can achieve better job satisfaction and develop a positive and effective work attitude translating into organisational commitment (Athar et al, 2016)
We focus on job satisfaction and organisational commitment vis-à-vis work attitude as they are regarded critically important for organisational functioning (Harrison et al, 2006), and these are examined to investigate their reciprocity and their relation to Islamic spirituality and work ethics
Summary
Research in spirituality and its impact on work ethics and workplace performance has been growing rapidly, predicated on the assumption that human attitude to work is affected by innate spirituality (Ashmos & Duchon, 2000). This study, aims at empirically examining the mediation and moderation impact of Islamic spirituality on job satisfaction and organisational commitment among Indonesian employees, whereby the importance of spirituality in the development of employee performance is examined. This study assumes that employees who embrace Islamic spirituality can achieve better job satisfaction and develop a positive and effective work attitude translating into organisational commitment (Athar et al, 2016). Given the paucity of research in this area, this work delves into the influence of Islamic spirituality on organisational commitment and job satisfaction as well as analyses the impact of Islamic work ethics as a facilitator of religious spirituality on this relationship in the case of Indonesia. This study investigates Islamic spirituality, work ethics and work attitudes within one framework that features both mediating and moderating impacting the organisational commitment whereby affecting the performance of companies. This study has achieved a large sample (845) size in generating data through a questionnaire survey in Indonesia, which has increased the strength of the conclusions drawn from the analyses
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