17 - Jihad Mohammad and Farzana Quoquab - Fazli Idris - Mohammed Al-Jabari - Nazimah Hussin - Raed Wishah - 2018
17 - Jihad Mohammad and Farzana Quoquab - Fazli Idris - Mohammed Al-Jabari - Nazimah Hussin - Raed Wishah - 2018
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47,7 The relationship between
Islamic work ethic and
workplace outcome
1286 A partial least squares approach
Received 1 May 2017
Revised 31 December 2017
Jihad Mohammad and Farzana Quoquab
22 January 2018 International Business School, University of Technology, Malaysia,
7 February 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Accepted 4 March 2018
Fazli Idris
UKM Graduate School of Business, National University of Malaysia,
Bangi, Malaysia
Mohammed Al-Jabari
City University College of Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Nazimah Hussin
University of Technology, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and
Raed Wishah
Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Islamic work ethic (IWE) and
employees’ attitude and behaviour in term of perceived organisational justice, psychological ownership (PSY),
and employees’ performance in the Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia.
Design/methodology/approach – This study used a sample of 301 employees of Islamic financial institutions
and employed structural equation modelling-partial least square technique in order to analyse the data.
Findings – The findings demonstrated that IWE has both direct and indirect effects on attitudinal as well as
behavioural outcomes.
Practical implications – Managers who want to enhance their employees’ attitude and behaviour are
strongly advised to give proper attention to the concept work ethic. Moreover, they need to conduct training
programs to instil these values and to emphasise its crucial role in enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency
of the organisation.
Originality/value – This study contributes to the body of knowledge on IWE by: testing its ability to predict
employees’ performance, their perception of organisational justice, and their feeling of PSY, and examining the
mediating effect of perceived organisational justice and PSY between IWE and employees’ performance.
Keywords Quantitative, Advanced statistical, Islamic work ethic, Psychological ownership,
Employees performance, Perceived organizational justice
Paper type Research paper
1. Introduction
Ethical employees with constructive, optimistic and positive work behaviours are crucial
assets for any organisation to prosper and sustain. Attracting and retaining such employees
can enhance and advance organisational image in the eyes of their customers. In contrast,
employees’ unethical behaviours can tarnish the reputation of organisation and lead to poor
working environment for others to work in. Work ethic refers to a dispositional variable that
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profound influence on employees’ attitudes and behaviour at work (Saks et al., 1996).
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It contributes positively to job performance and productivity (Noe et al., 2000), reduces
DOI 10.1108/PR-05-2017-0138 absenteeism, counterproductive behaviours and employee turnover (Sheehy, 1990).
Hence, the work ethic construct was given significant research attention and research in this IWE and
field is still growing (see Chang, 2017; Khan et al., 2013; Tipu and Ryan, 2016). Nevertheless, workplace
the bulk of the research were focused primarily on the concept of Protestant work ethic outcome
(PWE) and less attention was given to assess the notion of Islamic work ethic (IWE)
(Mohammad et al., 2016).
Both IWE and PWE concepts differentiates between good and bad and right and wrong,
both of them encourage and advocate ethical behaviours in the workplace, such as honesty, 1287
commitment, loyalty, cooperation, integrity, fidelity, persistence, diligence, etc. (Ali, 1992,
2010). Moreover, IWE and PWE consider work as a religious duty and perceive it as right
way to develop oneself and advance the social welfare (Mohammad and Quoquab,
2016). Nevertheless, IWE emphasise more on intentions of behaviour rather than
its outcome when compared to PWE (Khan et al., 2013). Moreover, the notion of IWE has its
foundation in the Quran and the Sunnah (Ali, 2005), whereas PWE originated from
Protestant thoughts and philosophy. Furthermore, when compared to PWE, IWE strictly
adheres to the principles of Islam in terms of halal (Permissible) and haram (prohibited) in
every aspect related to human being’s life and living, such as consumption pattern, work,
family and social life (Mohammad and Quoquab, 2016).
Understanding business ethics from an Islamic perspective is crucial because the
number of Muslims around the word exceed 1.57 billion, which make up over 23 per cent of
the world’s population (Pew Research, 2011). Additionally, the outcome of globalisation led
to a high level of diversity at the workplace (different culture, race and religion), which make
it vital to understand the workplace on a religious basis (Murtaza et al., 2014; Uddin, 2003).
Most importantly, Islamic philosophies, principles and teachings are characterised by
universality, comprehensiveness and completeness. Therefore, it can provide objective and
realistic solutions to human beings’ problems that threat their existence at the individual,
organisational, national and international level (Mohammad et al., 2015).
IWE refers to a set of moral principles that organise and direct employees’ attitudes and
behaviours at the workplace so that they are congruent with the teachings of the holy Quran
and the saying of Prophet Muhammad (saw) (Ali, 1988; Mohammad et al., 2016). Past studies
found that IWE has a significant effect on workplace in terms of employees’ commitment,
satisfaction, involvement and intention to leave (Murtaza et al., 2014; Yousef, 2001),
organisational change, innovation capability of an organisation, productivity and
competence of an organisation, and overall quality of an organisation (Abuznaid, 2009;
Kumar and Rose, 2009), and HRM practices (Mellahi and Budhwar, 2010). However, there is
a lack of research regarding the relationships between IWE, employees’ performance (EP),
PSY, and perceived organisational justice (POJ). Therefore, empirical research is needed.
Past literature found that EP, POJ and PSY can have substantial impacts on the
effectiveness, efficiency and success of organisation, and can determine an organisation’s
ability to survive and be sustained in the future (see Avey et al., 2009; Cropanzano et al.,
2009; Greenberg and Colquitt, 2005; Jeng and Pierce, 2014; Organ, 1988; Pierce et al., 2003;
Podaskoff et al., 2009). Thus, the present research considers these variables to be the
possible consequences of IWE.
Islam constantly emphasises on helping and supporting each other in social contexts like
a workplace. As stated in the Holy Quran, “Help one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa
(virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression”
(Quran 5:2). Furthermore, Islam emphasises the importance of justice, “We sent Our
Messengers with clear signs and sent down with them the Book and the Measure in order to
establish justice among the people […]” (Quran 57:25). Additionally, Islam emphasised the
importance of work and fulfilling its duties and responsibilities in the best manner. Holy
Quran stated what it means that believers that work righteousness, and to the full extent of
one’s capability will enter Heaven (Quran as cited in Ali, 1987, p. 7: 42). Accordingly, main
PR concern of this study is to address the direct and indirect effects of IWE on workplace
47,7 outcome. More particularly, this study argues that employees who are high on IWE are
more likely to demonstrate favourable attitudes (e.g. POJ and PSY) and behaviour (e.g. IRB
and ERB) that can help their organisation to prosper and be sustained. Moreover, this
research argues that employees who are strong on IWE are more likely to perceive their
organisation as being fair to them, and they are more inclined to develop possessive feeling
1288 towards their organisation. This situation is likely to motivate them to demonstrate positive
behaviour towards their organisation, supervisor, and/or colleagues in terms of in role
behaviour (IRB), extra role behaviour (ERB). Therefore, this study assumes that IWE can
have an indirect effect on EP and through POJ and PSY.
The present study is expected advance the body of knowledge by being a pioneer
research that examines the direct effect of IWE on behavioural outcome (i.e. EP) and
attitudinal outcomes (i.e. POJ and PSY). It also examines the mediating role of POJ and
PSY in the relationship between “IWE and EP”. Examining these relationships in a
Malaysian context can enhance researchers’ understanding of the applicability of EP, PSY
and POJ theories in a non-western setting. Additionally, this study is valuable for both
researchers and managers alike. Particularly, the output of this study is likely to advance
researchers’ knowledge of the crucial role of IWE in boosting employees’ attitude and
behaviour at workplace, thus motivating more research in this filed. Moreover, this study
is expected to identify the nature of the relationships between the first order (IRB and
ERB) and second orders (employee performance) based on theoretical argument and
logical explanation. This will motive future research to measure the construct of employee
performance at higher order, thus reducing model complexity and solving some
methodological issues (Hair et al., 2014).
Practically, this study can benefit human resource managers especially at offshore
companies that operate in Islamic countries (republics and kingdoms) with valuable
information to make a wise decision with respect to recruit and select of the right candidate
that can be asset rather than being liability. More clearly, individuals who follow IWE will
refrain from disrespectful, shameful, disgraceful and immoral behaviours that can harm the
organisation and its reputation. Thus, HRM ability to attract and hire those individuals is
likely to help the organisation to be more effective, efficient and capable to sustain to the
future smoothly and successfully. Additionally, the result of this study is expected to
encourage HRM to incorporate the guidance of IWE as a part of their internal constitution
and strategic direction to attain excellent job outcomes (e.g. Perceive workplace as fair,
consider their organisation as their own property, work hard with dedication and
perseverance to accomplish their main duties, and go the extra mile to help their
organisation). Moreover, this study is expected to motivate HRM to evaluate employees’
performance at different level; particularly, to consider both in role and ERB as well as their
overall performance.
The rest of the paper is organised as follows. The following section rigorously reviews
relevant literature and develops a conceptual framework. Next, the research methodology
utilised in this study is briefly discussed followed by the study findings. In the following
section, a conclusion and managerial implications are provided. It also acknowledges the
study limitations and provides suggestions for future research directions.
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2.4 IWE and Psychological ownership
PSY was labelled as a cognitive and affective construct, and defined to be a mental state in
which individuals develop a feeling of ownership towards a specific target (Avey et al., 2009;
Pierce et al., 2003). This target or object can be material (e.g. an organisation) or immaterial
(e.g. an idea) (Ozler et al., 2008; Pierce et al., 1991). Pierce et al. (2001) argued that a feeling of
PSY is grounded in human personality since their birth (innately). It may arise for both
material and immaterial objects, and it has important emotional attitudinal and behavioural
effects on individuals who experience ownership. Indeed, this feeling of possessiveness
spurs them to exert extra efforts and working hard to prevent, protect and maintain an
object from any harm, danger or risk (Avey et al., 2009).
Within an organisational context, the feeling of PSY can be developed the same as it
does in other context, and entails granting employees opportunities to exercise control
over several targets, such as their job, task and workplace (Pierce et al., 2004). Avey et al.
(2009) contended that employees’ sensation of PSY is likely to lead to positive and
beneficial attitudinal and behavioural outcomes for themselves and their organisations.
Moreover, Dittmar (1992) claimed that a feeling of ownership causes people to view
tangible and intangible objects to be part of the extended self that triggers a sense of
responsibility of one’s entity. Additionally, Porteous (1976) demonstrated that a feeling
of ownership provides people a sense of place, belonging and personal space. Therefore, it
is crucial to understand the variables that can enhance employees’ feelings of PSY inside
an organisation.
Guided by other orientation theory, this study proposed IWE as crucial antecedent that
can affect employees’ feeling of PSY. Based on this theory, individuals who are high on
IWE are more likely to develop positive feelings towards their job and their organisations
in terms of PSY. These feelings trigger employees to view their job and/or organisation as
their own, which increases their feeling of responsibility. In addition to the theoretical
justification, empirical support also exists. For example, past research found a positive
relationship between work ethic and employees’ attitude, such as satisfaction
commitment, locus of control, self-efficacy, etc. (see Wayne, 1989). Nevertheless, there is
a lack of studies that address the relationship between work ethic from an Islamic
perspective and PSY. Therefore, in this study, it is assumed that individuals who are high
on IWE are more prone to feel that their job and/or organisation are their personal
psychological property. By taking into consideration this assumption, the following
hypothesis is developed:
H3. IWE will be positively associated with PSY.
3. Research methodology
In this study, a quantitative approach was utilised to achieve the research objectives and
data that were collected through a survey questionnaire. The unit of analysis was the
employees of Islamic financial institutions (Islamic banks and insurance Takaful
companies). Because it was difficult to get a list of all elements of the population,
non-probability judgmental sampling was employed. Within the organisational context,
using this type of sampling is a good choice because it permits a theoretical generalisation of
the findings (Calder et al., 1981).
The scales used to measure the study variables were borrowed from existing literature.
ERB and IRB were measured using ten items adapted from Williams and Anderson (1991)
(e.g. I assist others with their duties, I express loyalty towards my organisation, I perform
task that are expected of me). Additionally, POJ was measured by using six items adapted
from Ambrose and Schminke (2009) (e.g. Overall, I’m treated fairly by my organisation,
In general, I can count on this organisation to be fair). Furthermore, PSY was measured by IWE and
using seven items adapted from Pierce et al. (2001) (e.g. This is my organisation, I sense that workplace
this is my company). Moreover, IWE was measured by using a short version of Ali’s (1992) outcome
instrument, which consisted of 17 items (e.g. Laziness is a vice, Dedication to work is a
virtue, Good work benefits both one’s self and other). Respondents were asked to indicate
their level of agreement for each statement by using a seven-point Likert scale where
1 ¼ “strongly disagree” and 7 ¼ “strongly agree”. 1293
As a guideline, the recommended number of respondents are to have five times
observation as the number of variables to be analysed (Hair et al., 2006). Following this rule,
the minimum number of respondents in this study were required to be 200 (40 × 5). In total,
400 questionnaires were handed personally to 14 organisations that agreed to participate in
this study (eight Islamic banks and six Insurance Takaful companies). Of the 400
questionnaires, 320 were returned and 301 were found usable for further analysis.
The demographic result (Table I) revealed that respondents were almost equal in gender
in which 45.5 per cent were males and 54.5 per cent were females. The majority of the
respondents (79.7 per cent) were 35 years old and less. With respect to ethnicity, the majority
were Malay (97.7 per cent). The results of descriptive analysis showed that 45.8 per cent of
the participants were administrative staff. With regards to respondents’ work experience,
75.1 per cent of the respondents had 10 years work experience and 78.4 per cent of the
respondents had a ten-year work experience in the same organisation. With respect to
participants’ monthly income, 72.8 per cent earn less than RM3000.
4. Results
4.1 Model evaluation
Before evaluating the model, this study examined the presence of common method variance
(CMV ), which refers to the variance explained due to measurement methods rather than the
Gender
Male 137 45.5
Female 164 54.5
Age
35 and below 240 79.7
36 and above 61 20.3
Ethnicity
Malay 294 97.7
Chines 3 1.0
Indian 2 0.7
Other 2 0.7
Income
3,000 and below 219 72.8
3,001 and above 82 27.2
Tenure
10 years and below 236 78.4
11 years and above 65 21.6
Experience Table I.
10 years and below 226 75.1 Demographic profile
11 years and above 75 24.9 of the respondents
PR constructs of interest (Podsakoff et al., 2003). The CMV exists when one factor explains more
47,7 than 50 per cent of the variance (Podsakoff et al., 2003). In this study, CMV was assessed
using Harman’s single factor test as proposed by Podsakoff et al. (2003). The outcome of this
test indicated that none of the five constructs explained more than 50 per cent of the total
variance. This result assured that CMV was not a serious problem in this study.
The hypotheses developed in this study were tested using structural equation modelling.
1294 In this regard, partial least squares (PLS) was utilised since the main focus of PLS is
consistent with the research objectives, i.e. to predict the relationships in the inner model
using multiple regressions (Gefen et al., 2000). The software SmartPLS version 3.0 (Ringle
et al., 2015) was used to analyse the data. Moreover, non-parametric bootstrapping with
5,000 replications was used to obtain the standard errors of the estimates (Chin, 1998).
Following Anderson and Gerbing’s (1988) two stages procedure to assess the model
(Figure 1), in the first stage the validity of measurement model was evaluated followed by
testing the theoretical relationships in the structural model.
IWE2
IWE3 PSY
ERB1
IWE4
ERB2
IWE5
ERB3
IWE6 ERB
ERB4
IWE7
ERB5
IWE8
IWE9 IWE EP
IWE10
ERB1
IWE11
IWE12 IRB2
IRB
IWE13 ERB3
IWE14 ERB4
ERB5
IWE15 POJ
IWE16
IRB 0.865
IWE 0.429 0.772
ERB 0.383 0.223 0.757
POJ 0.406 0.308 0.316 0.878
Table III. PSY 0.336 0.316 0.201 0.317 0.836
Discriminant validity Note: Diagonals represent the square root of AVE while off-diagonals represent the correlations
POJ
POJ
ERB
IWE IWE EP
IRB
PSY
PSY
Figure 2.
Notes: EP, employee performance; POJ, perceived organizational justice; PSY, psychological Two stage analysis
ownership
PR distribution was applied. According to Hair et al. (2011), critical t-values for one-tailed test
47,7 were 1.28 ( p o0.10), 1.645 ( p o0.05) and 2.33 ( p o0.01).
Results illustrated in Table VI show all path coefficients, standard error, corresponding
t-values, and the explanatory power of estimated model as indicated by R2 values. Falk and
Miller (1992) suggested that R2 must be greater than 0.10 in order for the model to have
predictive power. In this study, 30.3 per cent of the variance in EP, 10.05 per cent of the
1298 variance in PSY, and 10.11 per cent of the variance in POJ can be explained by the model,
thus satisfying the criteria of Falk and Miller (1992). Moreover, IWE was found to be
significantly associated with EP ( β ¼ 0.274, po 0.001), POJ ( β ¼ 0.316, p o0.001) and PSY
( β ¼ 0.303, p o0.001), respectively, hence supporting H1, H2, and H3. Moreover, POJ was
found positively associated with EP ( β ¼ 0.305, p o0.001) and PSY ( β ¼ 0.159, p o0.05),
respectively, thus supporting H4 and H5. Additionally, the model’s ability to predict (Q2)
was examined using blindfolding procedures (Geisser, 1975; Stone, 1974). Models with Q2
values greater than zero imply that the model has predictive relevance (Fornell and Cha,
1994). In this study Q2 values of EP, POJ, and PSY were greater than zero, therefore, it can
be concluded that the structural model has predictive relevance Table V.
To examine the presence of a mediation effect, bootstrapping procedures were
implemented as suggested by Preacher and Hayes (2004, 2008). First, PLS algorithm was
run to get the path coefficient, followed by bootstrapping procedures with 5,000 resample
being run on the full model to obtain the significant level of these paths. The bootstrapping
analysis (Table VI) showed that the indirect effect of β1 ¼ 0.316 × 0.305 ¼ 0.096 was
significant with a t-value of 3.69, p o0.001, 95% CI: [0.045-0.146]. Moreover, the indirect
effect of β2 ¼ 0.303 × 0.159 ¼ 0.048 was significant with a t-value of 2.28, p o0.05, 95% CI:
[0.006-0.0.091]. These results showed evidences for the mediation effect of POJ and PSY
between IWE and EP respectively. Therefore, H6 and H7 were accepted.
5. Discussion
This study empirically tested the direct and indirect effects of IWE on employees’ attitude
and behaviour at Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia. A brief discussion on the results
is presented below.
6. Theoretical contribution
This study contributes significantly to the body of knowledge by being a pioneer study to
develop relatively new linkages in relation to IWE, i.e. the effect of IWE on employees’
performance, their perception of justice and their feeling of ownership. The findings of this
research show that IWE positively and significantly affect workplace outcomes, which
emphasise the important role of individual difference variables in explaining the variance in
attitudinal and behavioural variables. Accordingly, it is advisable to incorporate IWE with
present theories that can explain human behaviour such as theory of reasoned action, and or
theory of planned behaviour. This inclusion may enhance and advance researchers’ and
academicians’ understanding about employees’ ethical behaviour at workplace. Furthermore, the
current study contributes significantly to the theoretical work of IWE and EP by incorporating
the mediating role of POJ and PSY. The findings demonstrate that these two variables were able
to mediate and explain the relationship between IWE and employees’ performance. This result
stresses the essential role of attitudinal variables as a mediator, and it suggest researchers to
consider other attitudinal variable as a mediator to explain the relationship between IWE and
employees’ behaviour. Moreover, this study highlights the important role of other orientation
theory and social exchange theory in explaining the relationship between dispositional variables
with attitudinal and behavioural variables in Asian context. Lastly, this study confirms the
reliability and validity of employees’ performance as latent variable measured at second order.
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