Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization
Although the concept of spirituality in the workplace has received enormous attention from contemporary researchers, very little or not sufficient research has been attempted from the religious perspective. This conceptual paper attempts to enrich the understanding of the spirituality in the workpla...
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| author | Kamil, Naail Mohammed Sulaiman, Mohamed Osman-Gani, Aahad M. Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad |
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| description | Although the concept of spirituality in the workplace has received enormous attention from contemporary researchers, very little or not sufficient research has been attempted from the religious perspective. This conceptual paper attempts to enrich the understanding of the spirituality in the workplace phenomenon from an Islamic Management perspective. In doing so, the conceptual paper attempts to study the theoretical and practical meanings of Taqwa, the characteristics of Taqwa, the two dimensions of Taqwa known as the Islamic spirituality and Islamic social responsibility, together with the mediating effect of
“sabr” i.e. patience. The two dimensions of Taqwa are hypothesised to have direct positive effects on organizational performance whiles patience has a mediating effect on overall organizational performance.The literature used for this study is exclusively from the Qur’an and the Prophetic Tradition of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Implications for future research were provided. |
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| spelling | iium-124172012-01-10T06:43:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12417/ Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization Kamil, Naail Mohammed Sulaiman, Mohamed Osman-Gani, Aahad M. Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad BP173.77 Islam and work Although the concept of spirituality in the workplace has received enormous attention from contemporary researchers, very little or not sufficient research has been attempted from the religious perspective. This conceptual paper attempts to enrich the understanding of the spirituality in the workplace phenomenon from an Islamic Management perspective. In doing so, the conceptual paper attempts to study the theoretical and practical meanings of Taqwa, the characteristics of Taqwa, the two dimensions of Taqwa known as the Islamic spirituality and Islamic social responsibility, together with the mediating effect of “sabr” i.e. patience. The two dimensions of Taqwa are hypothesised to have direct positive effects on organizational performance whiles patience has a mediating effect on overall organizational performance.The literature used for this study is exclusively from the Qur’an and the Prophetic Tradition of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Implications for future research were provided. 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12417/1/M._Sulaiman_6.pdf Kamil, Naail Mohammed and Sulaiman, Mohamed and Osman-Gani, Aahad M. and Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad (2010) Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization. In: 8th International Conference on Tawhidic Methodology Applied to Microenterprise Development, 7-9 January 2010, Jakarta. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1718946 |
| spellingShingle | BP173.77 Islam and work Kamil, Naail Mohammed Sulaiman, Mohamed Osman-Gani, Aahad M. Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization |
| title | Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization
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| title_full | Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization
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| title_fullStr | Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization
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| title_full_unstemmed | Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization
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| title_short | Spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'Taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization
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| title_sort | spirituality in the workplace: the role of 'taqwa' towards the advancement of the contemporary organization |
| topic | BP173.77 Islam and work |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/12417/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/12417/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/12417/1/M._Sulaiman_6.pdf |