Role Of Religiosity Research Articles

Measuring Muslim Lifestyle Using a Halal Scale

The background and motivation of the research presented in this article is the obligation of Public Theology to do justice to young Muslim refugees as a minority group in German society regarding the role of religiosity in the way they are coping with life. In the research process, the authors became increasingly aware that most instruments to measure religiosity have a Western and/or Protestant bias in that they are more interested in religious attitude than in religious practice and/or religious lifestyle, which is very important for Muslim religiosity. Therefore, this article focuses on the distinction between halal and haram as indicators of religious practice according to Muslim benchmarks. Both the concept and the operationalization of a two-dimensional instrument of living a halal life are described. The instrument distinguishes between the individual importance of halal goods (food, medicine, cosmetics) and services (doctors) and their availability in the local environment. Each of the two dimensions comprises four items. Construct validity is shown by confirmatory factor analysis (CFIrobust = 0.934, TLIrobust = 0.902, RMSEArobust = 0.114 [0.073; 0.156]) of a sample of N = 155 Muslim adolescents who have fled to Germany from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. External validity is tested by analyzing the correlation of the measurement instrument developed by the authors with the Centrality of Religiosity Scale. The presented halal instrument offers an approach to Muslim lifestyle that meets the orthopractic character of this religion. At the same time, it addresses the consequential dimension of religion within quantitative research.

Determination of Lombok Island Community Preferences to Become Islamic Bank Customers with Religiosity as a Moderating Variable

Islamic banking in Indonesia continues to experience developments marked by increasing assets and market share. However, Islamic banking is still lagging behind conventional banking, including in Lombok Island, where the majority of the Population is Muslim. This study aims to explore the factors that influence the preferences of the people of Lombok Island in choosing Islamic banks, with a focus on the influence of service quality, perception, financial literacy, product knowledge, Islamic branding, and the role of religiosity as a moderating variable in the relationship. This type of research is explanatory research (explanatory research) with a quantitative approach. The Population in this study was Islamic customer banks in Lombok Island, with a sample of 210 respondents determined using Nonprobability Sampling, and the data collection tool used was a questionnaire. Data analysis used Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The study results indicate that service quality, perception, financial literacy, product knowledge, and Islamic branding significantly influence the preferences of the Lombok Island community to become Islamic bank customers, as evidenced by the T-Statistic value > 1.96 and P-Value < 0.05. At the same time, religiosity cannot moderate the relationship between service quality, perception, financial literacy, product knowledge, and Islamic branding on the preferences of the Lombok Island community to become Islamic bank customers. Based on this, it is recommended that Islamic banks improve Islamic branding and service quality and hold financial education programs for the community.

Religiosity and moral judgment: Moderating role of moral internalization and moral competence

Religious beliefs strongly influence moral judgment, moral values, and priorities. In this article, we analyze the nature and genesis of utilitarian versus deontological moral judgment, the role of religiosity in human morality, and finally, we present empirical findings on the interrelationship between moral judgment, moral identity, moral competence, and religiosity. In a cross-sectional study, 318 individuals (65% female) completed self-report psychometric scales, including Moral judgment scenarios, Moral Competency Index (MCI), and the Self-Importance of Moral identity (SIMI) scale. The study results show that religiosity has a predictive power for deontological moral judgment. Furthermore, bootstrapping analysis confirmed that moral competence and moral identity moderate the relationship between religiosity and deontological moral judgment. The result fits in the deontological coherence framework, evidencing that the association between consequential/deontological moral judgment and religiosity is not rigid and predetermined, but changes on a different level of moral competency and moral internalization. The study results are important to understand the contextual variables and complementary mechanisms that affect the relationship between morality and religiosity.

The Role of Religiosity and Spirituality as Efforts to Prevent Financial Reporting Fraud

The Role of Religiosity and Spirituality as Efforts to Prevent Financial Reporting Fraud

Volunteering in the Middle of Crisis and Politicization: The Role of Religiosity, Political Ideology, and Personal Experiences in Volunteerism Among Muslims and Christians During COVID-19

Religion is a strong social identity cue that creates in-group and out-group identity. Yet individuals can harbor multiple identities, and a political ideology is another significant identity marker. Similarly, personal experiences with disease also create another social identity where individuals may feel part of the same social group as individuals who have experienced a similar adverse event. How do these identities intersect in an individual’s willingness to volunteer for individuals from and outside their faith during a crisis event? We attempted to answer this question using an original sample of Muslims and Christians and their willingness to volunteer for COVID-19-related causes. We find that stronger religiosity increases volunteering toward individuals in their faith group (in-group). However, conservative beliefs reduce volunteering toward causes outside of an individual’s faith community (out-group). We find that COVID-19 diagnosis increases volunteering, but only when an individual or their family member is hospitalized.

NURSES’ RESILIENCE IN HOSPITALS: ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY AND CHARACTER STRENGHTS

Work-related stress can occur in a hospital for a variety of reasons, including the characteristics of the bureaucracy, the demands of the organisation, differences in interpretations of applying the hospital’s values standards and the hospital’s moral values, the types and demands of patients, work overload and job burnout. A high level of resilience is needed. This study aimed to determine the effect of religiosity and character strenghts on the resilience of nurses in hospitals. A total of 150 nurses who work in several hospitals in Jakarta were selected using total sampling. Resilience was measured using an RQ measuring instrument. Religiosity was measured using CRS. Character strenghts was measured using VIA-IS. Multiple regression was used to analyse the data. Results : That the role of religiosity and character strenghts on the resilience of nurses in the hospitals are 44% with p-value = .000. And There is a strong correlation between nurse religiosity and character strengths (R = .661). Religiosity (p-value = .21; beta value = 17.9) and character strenghts (p value = .000 and beta value = 53.9) had an effect on resilience. Thus, it was concluded that there are role of religiosity and character strenghts to resilience of nurses in hospitals.

The Role of Religiosity, Consumer Animosity, and Ethnocentrism in Explaining the Boycott Motivation

The protracted conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group, culminating with an Israeli offensive in October 2023, has caused significant suffering to the Palestinian people. The response to the attack, including international support and a fatwa from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), has prompted Indonesians to boycott products linked to Israel. This study aims to investigate the effect of religiosity, animosity and ethnocentrism on the motivation for boycotting Unilever Indonesia products related to the company's commitment to Israel, focusing on these factors. This type of research is quantitative descriptive with the SEM-PLS approach. The application used is SmartPLS version 4.0.0 with sample data used by 162 respondents through the distribution of questionnaires. The results show that the variables religiosity, consumer animosity and ethnocentrism have a positive and significant influence on the motivation to boycott Unilever Indonesia products. These findings highlight the importance of paying attention to psychological and social factors in the analysis of consumer behavior and their impact on companies and society at large. It also suggests that companies must take into account the social and political implications of their policies, as well as understand the values and beliefs underlying consumers' motivations for boycotting.

The Role of Religiosity on The Happiness of Students in Padang

The Role of Religiosity on The Happiness of Students in Padang

WASTA in Arab Societies: Optimizing or Worsening Quality of Life? The Role of Religiosity

WASTA in Arab Societies: Optimizing or Worsening Quality of Life? The Role of Religiosity

Testing the Mediating and Moderating Factors of the Link Between Religiosity and Vaccine Hesitancy: A Quantitative Study of Turkish Muslims

This study aims to examine the link between religiosity and vaccine hesitancy and whether this relationship is mediated by trust in science and scientists. The sample consisted of 571 Turkish Muslims. The participants' average age was 38.09 years (SD=11.3). The participants were asked to provide their demographic information and complete measures of vaccine hesitancy, religiosity, and trust in science and scientists. The findings indicate that (a) there is a significant positive correlation between religiosity and vaccine hesitancy, (b) trust in science and scientists has a mediating role in the relationship between religiosity and vaccine hesitancy, and (c) age has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between religiosity and vaccine hesitancy. The findings suggest that the role of religiosity in vaccine hesitancy functions through trust in science and scientists.

Transformational Leadership, Perceived Organizational Support Sharing, Organizational Commitment and Employee Performance: the Role of Religiosity

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine how transformational leadership, knowledge sharing, and perceived organizational support affect organizational commitment and how their effects on performance are influenced by religiosity at Nahdlatul Ulama University in East Java. This kind of study is known as explanatory research. Method: Purposive sampling is the kind of sample strategy that should be applied. 345 samples were successfully obtained for this study. A Likert scale questionnaire was employed as the data gathering method in this investigation. The Partial Least Square (PLS) method was used to analyze the data, and SmartPLS version 3 PLS software was used. Research Findingsand Discussions: The following factors have been found to have a positive and significant impact on organizational commitment: 1) Transformational Leadership; 2) Perceived Organizational Support; 3) Knowledge Sharing; 4) Organizational Commitment has a positive and significant impact on performance; and 5) Religiosity strengthens the relationship between organizational commitment and employee performance. Research Implications: Research implicates poor lecturer performance with low-quality tertiary institutions. Studies must expand focus to include knowledge sharing, organizational support, and leadership to enhance relationships and improve organizational commitment and performance. Originality/Value: The poor performance of lecturers as members of the teaching staff in higher education is inextricably linked to the low quality of tertiary institutions. Numerous studies that have been done only look at a few variables and ignore the importance of knowledge sharing, perceived organizational support, and transformational leadership in maximizing the potential for relationships that are mediated by organizational commitment and moderated by religiosity to improve company performance.

Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures & Delegated Investment Decisions: The Role of Religiosity

This study is intended to test the conditional effect of corporate social responsibility disclosures on the performance of investment professionals in Pakistan with the intervening effects of religiosity and decisions of investment professionals. The proposed relationship has been tested over a sample of 248 investment professionals analyzed through the application of structured equation modelling by using Smart PLS 4. The study discovered the significant mediating effects of religiosity and investment decisions in between the causal relationship of CSR disclosures and the performance of investment professionals in Pakistan. Moreover all direct effects developed in the conceptual model have been found to be significant. This means that the extent of religiosity of investment professionals affects their investment decisions being made for their clients on the basis of the CSR disclosures. The positive direction of mediation reveal that CSR disclosures of religious investment professionals positively affect their decisions and performance related to the investments they make for their clients. This is the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that both direct and indirect/conditional effects of corporate social responsibility disclosures on the performance of investment professionals have been tested in the perspective of delegated investments.

Food waste behavioral intention in Islamic universities: the role of religiosity and pro-social behavior

Purpose Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a pivotal role in fostering economic development by cultivating skilled workforce and generating knowledge and innovation. However, HEIs may pose a potential risk to sustainable economic development due to the generation of food waste inside their campus canteens. Therefore, this study aims to examine the influence of attitude, subjective norm (SN), perceived behavior control (PBC), religiosity and pro-social behavior among State Islamic Religious College (SIRC) students on their intention to avoid food waste behavior. This study also focused on the mediating role of the three original theory of planned behavior (TPB) variables and pro-social behavior in the relationship between religiosity and the intention to reduce food waste. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were used to collect data from 443 students at SIRC. The collected data were processed and analyzed using structural equation modelling to test direct, indirect and mediating effects. Findings The empirical results indicated that the eagerness of students at SIRC to reduce their behavior of leaving food behind can be driven by their negative attitudes or views toward food waste, the practice of religious teachings in their lives, the belief that they can avoid food waste and their concern for the environment. The empirical results reveal that even though religiosity influences SN, it is unable to strengthen the relationship between religiosity and the desire to be anti-food waste. Practical implications In addition to contributing to the food waste literature in the context of eating behavior, the results of this study have theoretical and practical implications. Originality/value To assess SIRC students’ behavioral intentions to avoid food waste behavior, this study used a contemporary setting to measure attitude, SN, PBC, religiosity and pro-social behavior, so strengthening the TPB’s empirical underpinning.

Religiosity and Fear of Crime Victimization

ABSTRACT In this study, we developed three hypotheses about the role of religiosity in fear of crime victimization. Noting that religiosity and fear of victimization vary significantly by gender, we also examined to what extent religiosity affects fear of victimization by gender. We utilized Wave 2 of the Chapman University fear study. We developed three measures of religiosity: salience, service attendance, and biblical literalism. We used factor analysis to develop four indices of crime victimization: general violent crime; known offender; stranger; and property. We provide correlation and full-model OLS regression results. Biblical literalism is positively correlated with all measures of property crime. Moreover, when separated by gender, we find that the correlations are consistent for females only. In the full models with statistical controls, we find that literalism still has a positive effect on fear of crime victimization measures. However, tests for gender by religiosity interactions were not present in the full models. We further explored interactions between religiosity and neighborhood context and found that biblical literalism increases fear in neighborhoods with above-average crime presence but for female respondents only. Implications for theory and research are discussed.

The Role of Religiosity and Service Quality on Student Trust in Sharia Banking

This research aims to examine how big a role religiosity and service quality play in shaping students' trust in sharia banking. The method used is qualitative research involving interviews and observation as data collection tools in the field. In analyzing data, researchers adopted a Chain of Evidence approach, namely carrying out a thorough and in-depth analysis of the research object. Significant findings revealed through interviews with five respondents illustrate that both religiosity and service quality have a major influence on students' level of trust in sharia banking. The balance of religious values with sharia principles and positive experiences regarding service quality are important points in forming and strengthening students' trust in sharia banking.

Usage of Credit Cards: Debt-Trap or Convenience? Role of Religiosity

Usage of Credit Cards: Debt-Trap or Convenience? Role of Religiosity

Revisit intention in Indonesian tourism industry: the role of religiosity and culture

Revisit intention in Indonesian tourism industry: the role of religiosity and culture

Opinion Leaders and Product Boycott Intentions: Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior in Support of Israel Boycott

This study aims to identify the factors driving consumers to boycott companies that support the occupation of Israel, with an emphasis on the role of religiosity and religious values as the main motivating factors. This is motivated by contradictory results from previous research, especially related to the influence of religiosity and opinion leaders in boycotting companies that support Israel. The variables under investigation include opinion leaders, religiosity, consumer animosity, consumer ethnocentrism, and perceived efficacy, measured using a 5-point Likert scale. The research method is quantitative, employing SEM-PLS for model evaluation. A total of 156 respondents were selected through the purposive sampling technique. The research findings conclude that, among the five independent variables, religiosity, consumer animosity, and opinion leaders do not have a direct influence on the intention to boycott. However, opinion leaders indirectly influence the boycott intention through consumer ethnocentrism. Meanwhile, consumer ethnocentrism and perceived efficacy positively influence the intention to boycott. This research contributes to the literature on the role of opinion leaders in shaping consumer behavior and provides an actual understanding of the boycott phenomenon. In practical terms, this research makes an implication contribution to supporting local products by utilizing opinion leaders as promoters

The Relationship Between Religious Knowledge, Religious Personality and Inter-Ethnic Tolerance Among Malaysian Undergraduate Students

In a modern society that comprises various ethnic and religious groups, who share different cultures and languages, tolerance between these groups is a critical element in building peace and harmony. In the Malaysian context, the promotion and fostering of ethnic tolerance has become one of the main agendas of the government in strengthening inter-ethnic relations. This is one of the best ways to prevent ethnic conflict in a pluralistic Malaysian society. In addition, building ethnic tolerance among students of different ethnicities, whether in schools or higher education institutions, should be a major concern that needs to be systematically addressed from within the Malaysian education system. To date, past studies have shown that ethnic slurs, prejudice, and discrimination among students still occur, even though various efforts has been introduced to foster tolerance in the education system and curriculum. As such, the role of religiosity is identified as an important element in sustaining ethnic tolerance. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between religious knowledge, religious personality and inter-ethnic tolerance among Malaysian undergraduate students. Data was collected from 53 Malaysian undergraduate students using a survey questionnaire. A Pearson correlation analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between the variables. The results show a positive significant relationship between religious knowledge, religious personality and inter-ethnic tolerance among Malaysian undergraduate students. The results of this study indicate that the role of religious knowledge and religious personality could lead students to achieve ethnic tolerance in a multi-racial and multi-religious country like Malaysia.
 Keywords: inter-ethnic tolerance, religious knowledge, religious personality, undergraduate students, Malaysia

The Role of Religiosity on Investment Intention of Muslim Students in Sharia Bank

The purpose of this study was to examine how religiosity influences the intention to save Muslim students in Islamic banks. The research was conducted with a research population of students in Yogyakarta from several public and private universities. The sampling technique used accidental sampling and obtained 30 respondents. This study uses a data analysis method in the form of simple linear regression. The results of the study stated that there was no effect of student religiosity on interest in investing in Islamic banks. The value of the coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.017. This means that the variable interest in saving moeslim's students in Islamic banks is influenced by religiosity only by 1.7% while the remaining 98.3% is influenced by other variables not examined.