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 Islam...

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Main Authors:	Mohammed Kamil, Naail, Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain, Sulaiman, Mohamed
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Society for Business Research 2012
Subjects:	HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5387 Business ethics HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
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spelling	iium-314532013-08-19T02:58:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31453/ 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 HF5387 Business ethics HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance. 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 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31453/1/The_components_of_Spirituality_in_the_Business_Organizational_Context.pdf Mohammed Kamil, Naail and Al-Kahtani, Ali Hussain and Sulaiman, Mohamed (2012) 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/journal_abstract.php?c_id=33
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spellingShingle	HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5387 Business ethics HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance. 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).
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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	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31453/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31453/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31453/1/The_components_of_Spirituality_in_the_Business_Organizational_Context.pdf
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The components of spirituality in the business organizational context: the case of Malaysia

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