The Effect of Islamic Work Ethics on Organizational Commitment

Abstract

Islamic work ethics is a concept of ethics that is based on Islamic teaching and principle which rely on faith. Meanwhile, organizational commitment is related to employees’ attachment and behaviour towards organization. A structural model was constructed to test the effects of Islamic work ethics on organizational commitment. 156 respondents from randomly selected SMEs that involved in retail trade textile service located in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor were given six-point Likert scale questionnaire. The study found that the structural model is acceptable in term of validity and reliability thus can be used to measure the relationship between two variables. The study also found that Islamic work ethics affects organizational commitment and its three dimensions; affective, normative and continuance commitment