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Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani

The purpose of this exploratory research is to develop an Islamic approach for career success for Muslim mangers through servant leadership. The theoretical foundation of this study is based on spillover theory. The extensive review of career literature showed that the Western secular approach for c...

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Main Authors: Farhana, Farhana, Hashim, Junaidah, M.Osman Gani, Aahad
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Language:English
Published: UPENA Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pahang 2016
Subjects:
Social psychology
Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
Groups and organizations
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29168/2/29168.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.291682020-04-17T05:04:26Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29168/ Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani Farhana, Farhana Hashim, Junaidah M.Osman Gani, Aahad Social psychology Interpersonal relations. Social behavior Groups and organizations The purpose of this exploratory research is to develop an Islamic approach for career success for Muslim mangers through servant leadership. The theoretical foundation of this study is based on spillover theory. The extensive review of career literature showed that the Western secular approach for career success is found to be dominant for various reasons. However, as Muslims want to be successful in this life and in the hereafter, it is more appreciable if they can follow an Islamic approach. As Islam makes everyone shepherd and answerable with regard to his flock, it is actually reinstating the practice of servant leadership, the humanistic and spiritual way of management. In Islam, servant leader is a person who makes efforts to be useful to his customers. This requires every Muslim to emphasize five key parameters of Islamic practice: justice, trust, righteousness, the struggle within oneself towards self-improvement, and promise-keeping. Greenleaf recently reintroduced this Islamic leadership concept saying “The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve….”. This concept is having huge attention in the Western society. The present study is exploratory and based on a literature review. It identifies how Muslim managers are applying servant leadership approach to observe their career success. It also outlines potential key factors. UPENA Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pahang 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29168/2/29168.pdf Farhana, Farhana and Hashim, Junaidah and M.Osman Gani, Aahad (2016) Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani. Gading Journal For The Social Sciences, 19 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2600-7568
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topic Social psychology
Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
Groups and organizations
spellingShingle Social psychology
Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
Groups and organizations
Farhana, Farhana
Hashim, Junaidah
M.Osman Gani, Aahad
Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani
description The purpose of this exploratory research is to develop an Islamic approach for career success for Muslim mangers through servant leadership. The theoretical foundation of this study is based on spillover theory. The extensive review of career literature showed that the Western secular approach for career success is found to be dominant for various reasons. However, as Muslims want to be successful in this life and in the hereafter, it is more appreciable if they can follow an Islamic approach. As Islam makes everyone shepherd and answerable with regard to his flock, it is actually reinstating the practice of servant leadership, the humanistic and spiritual way of management. In Islam, servant leader is a person who makes efforts to be useful to his customers. This requires every Muslim to emphasize five key parameters of Islamic practice: justice, trust, righteousness, the struggle within oneself towards self-improvement, and promise-keeping. Greenleaf recently reintroduced this Islamic leadership concept saying “The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve….”. This concept is having huge attention in the Western society. The present study is exploratory and based on a literature review. It identifies how Muslim managers are applying servant leadership approach to observe their career success. It also outlines potential key factors.
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author Farhana, Farhana
Hashim, Junaidah
M.Osman Gani, Aahad
author_facet Farhana, Farhana
Hashim, Junaidah
M.Osman Gani, Aahad
author_sort Farhana, Farhana
title Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani
title_short Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani
title_full Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani
title_fullStr Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani
title_full_unstemmed Servant leadership towards career success: An Islamic approach / Farhana Farhana, Junaidah Hashim and Aahad M.Osman Gani
title_sort servant leadership towards career success: an islamic approach / farhana farhana, junaidah hashim and aahad m.osman gani
publisher UPENA Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pahang
publishDate 2016
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29168/2/29168.pdf
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