The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success

Understanding Muslims employees’ perspective of motivation and career success is an important factor towards achieving organizational success. The present research attempts to investigate motivation and career success from Islamic perspective. Employing a qualitative research approach, in-depth inte...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Sulaiman, Khaliq Ahmad, Baraa Sbaih, Naail Mohammed Kamil
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Language:English
Published: Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7881/
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spelling ukm-78812016-12-14T06:45:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7881/ The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success Mohammed Sulaiman, Khaliq Ahmad, Baraa Sbaih, Naail Mohammed Kamil, Understanding Muslims employees’ perspective of motivation and career success is an important factor towards achieving organizational success. The present research attempts to investigate motivation and career success from Islamic perspective. Employing a qualitative research approach, in-depth interviews were carried out on a total sample of 7 respondents; 6 males and 1 female. The respondents hold senior managerial positions in their organizations which include the banking, government, manufacturing and automobile sectors. The research led to some findings; that Muslim employees are more interested in intrinsic motivational factors coupled with a fair balance in worldly living to achieve career success; that respondents are aware of Maqasid Al-shariah and consider their roles in the worldly life as a test for their akhirat; that respondents are more concerned towards seeking the pleasure of Allah and good abode in the hereafter. Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7881/1/sulaiman014.pdf Mohammed Sulaiman, and Khaliq Ahmad, and Baraa Sbaih, and Naail Mohammed Kamil, (2014) The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 9 (1). pp. 45-62. ISSN 1823-884x http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/
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description Understanding Muslims employees’ perspective of motivation and career success is an important factor towards achieving organizational success. The present research attempts to investigate motivation and career success from Islamic perspective. Employing a qualitative research approach, in-depth interviews were carried out on a total sample of 7 respondents; 6 males and 1 female. The respondents hold senior managerial positions in their organizations which include the banking, government, manufacturing and automobile sectors. The research led to some findings; that Muslim employees are more interested in intrinsic motivational factors coupled with a fair balance in worldly living to achieve career success; that respondents are aware of Maqasid Al-shariah and consider their roles in the worldly life as a test for their akhirat; that respondents are more concerned towards seeking the pleasure of Allah and good abode in the hereafter.
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author Mohammed Sulaiman,
Khaliq Ahmad,
Baraa Sbaih,
Naail Mohammed Kamil,
spellingShingle Mohammed Sulaiman,
Khaliq Ahmad,
Baraa Sbaih,
Naail Mohammed Kamil,
The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success
author_facet Mohammed Sulaiman,
Khaliq Ahmad,
Baraa Sbaih,
Naail Mohammed Kamil,
author_sort Mohammed Sulaiman,
title The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success
title_short The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success
title_full The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success
title_fullStr The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success
title_full_unstemmed The perspective of Muslim employees towards motivation and career success
title_sort perspective of muslim employees towards motivation and career success
publisher Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7881/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7881/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7881/1/sulaiman014.pdf
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