Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions

Topic on readiness to change: the willingness of employees to accept change initiative has been discusses in organizational and management study. This study investigates the role of individual spirituality in predicting employee readiness to change in Islamic intitution. The present study also exami...

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Main Authors: Mardhatillah, Amy Mardhatillah, Abdul Rahman, Shukran, Ismail, Khamsiah
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2015
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/81329/1/C42.%20Promoting%20Individual%20Spiruality.pdf
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author Mardhatillah, Amy Mardhatillah
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Ismail, Khamsiah
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Ismail, Khamsiah
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description Topic on readiness to change: the willingness of employees to accept change initiative has been discusses in organizational and management study. This study investigates the role of individual spirituality in predicting employee readiness to change in Islamic intitution. The present study also examined the role of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in mediating the relationship between individual spirituality and employee readiness to change.428 random sampling of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) staff consisting 214 academic staff and 214 non academic staff were participated in this study trough the cross sectional design data collection. PLS SEM analysis was used to answer the research questions. Result indicated that individual spirituality significantly predicts employee readiness to change. Individual spirituality significantly related with job satisfaction and organizational commitment, however only organizational commitment significantly mediate the relationship between individual spirituality and employee readiness to change. Further analysis on the relationship between individual spirituality with three types of employee readiness namely; affective readiness, behavioral readiness and cognitive readiness found that individual spirituality significantly predicts behavioral readiness. Findings in this study can be used to enhance employee readiness in IIUM as well as a general framework in preparing intervention for enhancing employee readiness to change in Islamic institution.
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spelling iium-813292020-10-20T02:59:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81329/ Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions Mardhatillah, Amy Mardhatillah Abdul Rahman, Shukran Ismail, Khamsiah BF Psychology BP1 Islam H Social Sciences (General) Topic on readiness to change: the willingness of employees to accept change initiative has been discusses in organizational and management study. This study investigates the role of individual spirituality in predicting employee readiness to change in Islamic intitution. The present study also examined the role of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in mediating the relationship between individual spirituality and employee readiness to change.428 random sampling of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) staff consisting 214 academic staff and 214 non academic staff were participated in this study trough the cross sectional design data collection. PLS SEM analysis was used to answer the research questions. Result indicated that individual spirituality significantly predicts employee readiness to change. Individual spirituality significantly related with job satisfaction and organizational commitment, however only organizational commitment significantly mediate the relationship between individual spirituality and employee readiness to change. Further analysis on the relationship between individual spirituality with three types of employee readiness namely; affective readiness, behavioral readiness and cognitive readiness found that individual spirituality significantly predicts behavioral readiness. Findings in this study can be used to enhance employee readiness in IIUM as well as a general framework in preparing intervention for enhancing employee readiness to change in Islamic institution. 2015-03 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81329/1/C42.%20Promoting%20Individual%20Spiruality.pdf Mardhatillah, Amy Mardhatillah and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Ismail, Khamsiah (2015) Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions. In: 10th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance ( (ICIEF), 23rd - 25th March 2015, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Student Center, Doha, Qatar. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle BF Psychology
BP1 Islam
H Social Sciences (General)
Mardhatillah, Amy Mardhatillah
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Ismail, Khamsiah
Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions
title Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions
title_full Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions
title_fullStr Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions
title_full_unstemmed Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions
title_short Promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in Islamic institutions
title_sort promoting individual spirituality to enhance employee readiness to change in islamic institutions
topic BF Psychology
BP1 Islam
H Social Sciences (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/81329/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/81329/1/C42.%20Promoting%20Individual%20Spiruality.pdf