The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia

The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia

Although the phenomenon of spirituality in the workplace has received enormous attention from other religious faiths, the construct of Islamic spirituality has not been much explored. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the spirituality in the workplace phenomenon from I...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohammed Kamil, Naail, Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain, Sulaiman, Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Business Research 2011
Subjects:
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/1/M._Sulaiman_1.pdf
id iium-12313
recordtype eprints
spelling iium-123132012-01-10T07:31:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/ The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia Mohammed Kamil, Naail Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain Sulaiman, Mohamed HF5001 Business. Business Administration Although the phenomenon of spirituality in the workplace has received enormous attention from other religious faiths, the construct of Islamic spirituality has not been much explored. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the spirituality in the workplace phenomenon from Islamic management perspective. The survey data used for this empirical research was drawn from 405 Muslim employees in business organizations in Malaysia. After yielding an instrument to measure Islamic spirituality, exploratory (using SPSS version 18.0) and confirmatory (using AMOS version 18.0) factor analyses were conducted. The construct validity of Islamic spirituality led to the major finding of the research, thus, Islamic spirituality in the business organizational context is explained by four determinants; Rituals (Ibadat), Forgivingness/Repentance (Al a’fw), Belief (Iman) and Remembrance of Allah (Dhikrullah). Society for Business Research 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/1/M._Sulaiman_1.pdf Mohammed Kamil, Naail and Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain and Sulaiman, Mohamed (2011) The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia. Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 166-180. ISSN 2047-2528 http://www.ajbms.org/articlepdf/ajbms_2011_1233.pdf
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
language English
topic HF5001 Business. Business Administration
spellingShingle HF5001 Business. Business Administration
Mohammed Kamil, Naail
Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain
Sulaiman, Mohamed
The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia
description Although the phenomenon of spirituality in the workplace has received enormous attention from other religious faiths, the construct of Islamic spirituality has not been much explored. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the spirituality in the workplace phenomenon from Islamic management perspective. The survey data used for this empirical research was drawn from 405 Muslim employees in business organizations in Malaysia. After yielding an instrument to measure Islamic spirituality, exploratory (using SPSS version 18.0) and confirmatory (using AMOS version 18.0) factor analyses were conducted. The construct validity of Islamic spirituality led to the major finding of the research, thus, Islamic spirituality in the business organizational context is explained by four determinants; Rituals (Ibadat), Forgivingness/Repentance (Al a’fw), Belief (Iman) and Remembrance of Allah (Dhikrullah).
format Article
author Mohammed Kamil, Naail
Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain
Sulaiman, Mohamed
author_facet Mohammed Kamil, Naail
Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain
Sulaiman, Mohamed
author_sort Mohammed Kamil, Naail
title The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia
title_short The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia
title_full The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia
title_fullStr The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of Malaysia
title_sort components of spirituality in the business organizational context : the case of malaysia
publisher Society for Business Research
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12313/1/M._Sulaiman_1.pdf
first_indexed 2023-09-18T20:21:32Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T20:21:32Z
_version_ 1777408139628380160

Similar Items