Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach

The purpose of this exploratory research is to develop an Islamic approach for career success for Muslim mangers through servant leadership. The theoretical foundation of this study is based on spillover theory. The extensive review of career literature showed that the Western secular approach for...

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Main Authors: Zaman, Farhana, Hashim, Junaidah, Osman-Gani, AAhad M.
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Language:English
Published: (UiTM Press), Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2016
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spelling iium-604052018-01-12T10:55:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60405/ Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach Zaman, Farhana Hashim, Junaidah Osman-Gani, AAhad M. HF5381 Vocational guidance. Career development The purpose of this exploratory research is to develop an Islamic approach for career success for Muslim mangers through servant leadership. The theoretical foundation of this study is based on spillover theory. The extensive review of career literature showed that the Western secular approach for career success is found to be dominant for various reasons. However, as Muslims want to be successful in this life and in the hereafter, it is more appreciable if they can follow an Islamic approach. As Islam makes everyone shepherd and answerable with regard to his flock, it is actually reinstating the practice of servant leadership, the humanistic and spiritual way of management. In Islam, servant leader is a person who makes efforts to be useful to his customers. This requires every Muslim to emphasize five key parameters of Islamic practice: justice, trust, righteousness, the struggle within oneself towards selfimprovement, and promise-keeping. Greenleaf recently reintroduced this Islamic leadership concept saying “The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve….”. This concept is having huge attention in the Western society. The present study is exploratory and based on a literature review. It identifies how Muslim managers are applying servant leadership approach to observe their career success. It also outlines potential key factors. (UiTM Press), Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60405/1/Servant%20Leadership%20towards%20Career%20Success.pdf Zaman, Farhana and Hashim, Junaidah and Osman-Gani, AAhad M. (2016) Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach. Gading Journal for the Social Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2600-7568. E-ISSN 2600-7568. http://learningdistance.org/uitmpahang/gading/index.php/gading/issue/view/4
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topic HF5381 Vocational guidance. Career development
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Zaman, Farhana
Hashim, Junaidah
Osman-Gani, AAhad M.
Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach
description The purpose of this exploratory research is to develop an Islamic approach for career success for Muslim mangers through servant leadership. The theoretical foundation of this study is based on spillover theory. The extensive review of career literature showed that the Western secular approach for career success is found to be dominant for various reasons. However, as Muslims want to be successful in this life and in the hereafter, it is more appreciable if they can follow an Islamic approach. As Islam makes everyone shepherd and answerable with regard to his flock, it is actually reinstating the practice of servant leadership, the humanistic and spiritual way of management. In Islam, servant leader is a person who makes efforts to be useful to his customers. This requires every Muslim to emphasize five key parameters of Islamic practice: justice, trust, righteousness, the struggle within oneself towards selfimprovement, and promise-keeping. Greenleaf recently reintroduced this Islamic leadership concept saying “The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve….”. This concept is having huge attention in the Western society. The present study is exploratory and based on a literature review. It identifies how Muslim managers are applying servant leadership approach to observe their career success. It also outlines potential key factors.
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author Zaman, Farhana
Hashim, Junaidah
Osman-Gani, AAhad M.
author_facet Zaman, Farhana
Hashim, Junaidah
Osman-Gani, AAhad M.
author_sort Zaman, Farhana
title Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach
title_short Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach
title_full Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach
title_fullStr Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach
title_full_unstemmed Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach
title_sort servant leadership towards career success: an islamic approach
publisher (UiTM Press), Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/60405/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60405/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60405/1/Servant%20Leadership%20towards%20Career%20Success.pdf
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