Islamic Work Ethics Implementation in Islamic Bank

The title is a research paper by Nurfahmiyati Nurfahmiyati, Allya Roosallyn A. and Westi Riani published in the series of “Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research” under the volume title “Proceedings of the Social and Humaniora Research Symposium (SoRes 2018)” . The following is an excerpt from its abstract.[1]

Work ethics in Islamic organizations

People’s believes that forms the aqidah relating to work may affects the optimal performance of individuals in the organization. Previous researches state that well-implemented Islamic work ethics has a direct and positive influence on various dimension of attitudes in organizational change and individual performance. However, the existence of work ethics in a company cannot always be implemented properly, meaning that there are still irregularities in the work ethics. It can be seen from the rampant fraud committed by employees and members of Islamic organizations.

Objective

Looking at this phenomenon, this study will examine how the dimensions of Islamic work ethics (IWE) applied to Islamic Community Credit Bank (ICCB) employees in Bandung. ICBB is a financial institution with Islamic Community as its market segment.

Methodology

To reach this objectives, descriptive quantitative analysis method using questionnaire spread to Islamic Community Credit Bank employees operating in Bandung. The results show that there are various dimensions that influence the application of Islamic work ethics on Islamic Community Credit Bank in Bandung.

Findings related to Islamic Ummah

It was found that the theoretical construct of Islamic work ethics (IWE) consists of 7 dimensions namely: Work Intentions, Trusteeship, Work type, Work results for Islamic Ummah, Justice and fairness, Cooperation and collaboration and Work as the only source of ownership.

Conclusion

Based on the testing, the authors conclude that Islamic Bank in Bandung had an excellent Islamic work ethics (IWE).

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