The Influence of Islamic Work Ethic on Attitudes Towards Changing Organization With Organization Commitment as Mediator

Abstract

This study is projected to investigate the Islamic organization, namely Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto (UMP). The objective of the study is to analyze the impact of Islamic work ethic toward organizational commitment and attitude on organizational change; to obtain the impact of organizational commitment toward attitude on organizational change and as a mediator between Islamic work ethic and attitude to organizational change. The research population for this study is all of the non-contract employees in UMP in April 2012 with 171 employees. Data were collected using questionnaires, with 112 respondents as samples. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) method, with a significant degree at 95%. The result of the analysis supported one hypothesis but it did not support three hypotheses that were proposed in this research. It was found that there was an Islamic work ethic that significantly impacts upon organizational commitment; Islamic work ethic did not significantly impact on attitude to organizational change; organizational commitment did not significantly impact toward attitude to organizational change; and organizational commitment did not significantly impact as the mediator between Islamic work ethic and attitude on organizational change.