Bringing Islamic tradition back to management development : A new Islamic Dawah based framework to foster workplace ethics
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to understand the practice of Dawah among Muslims by discovering its perceived motives and benefits that can be replicated to organizational settings. Furthermore, the motives and benefits of performing Islamic Dawah are tied together to establish a Dawah ba...
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| Language: | English |
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10325/1/NO%2024%20Bringing%20Islamic%20tradition%20back%20to%20management%20development%20%28abstract%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10325/ http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1759-0833.htm |
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| Summary: | Purpose – The purpose of this study is to understand the practice of Dawah among Muslims by
discovering its perceived motives and benefits that can be replicated to organizational settings.
Furthermore, the motives and benefits of performing Islamic Dawah are tied together to establish a
Dawah based framework to foster ethical decision making in organizations.
Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative study is based on interviews conducted among
40 male Muslims from Pakistan. The sample consists of Muslim scholars having strong religious
knowledge, younger people and old-age Muslims. The data collected through the interviews are
transcribed and content-analysed by using multiple coding schemes.
Findings – The Islamic Dawah-based framework is based on five elements, which are self-reform,
transcendence, complacency, dutifulness and pridefulness. The findings reveal that Muslim scholars put
much emphasis on sharing of Islamic faith and livelihood among the members of the community, while the
common people, both from the younger and older generations, are more concerned with establishing their
own understanding of the Islamic value system and self-improvement. Aside from the spiritual impact that
Dawah has on them, the role of family members in stimulating the practice of Dawah is highlighted.
Practical implications – The study has managerial relevance in a way that the highlighted themes
represented by a framework can be replicated to an organizational setting to impart a culture of
ethicality which is purely based on Islamic tradition. The roles of peers, CEO and self-correction are
pivotal to establishment of an ethical workplace culture.
Originality/value – This study extends marketing knowledge in general and internal marketing
knowledge specifically by presenting a first-ever Islamic Dawah-based model to foster workplace ethics. |
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