Impact of servant leadership on employee life satisfaction through Islamic work ethics in the Islamic banking industry

IF 1.9 Q2 ETHICS

Asian Journal of Business Ethics Pub Date : 2022-03-15 DOI:10.1007/s13520-022-00144-3

Hina Nazir, Muhammad Haroon Shoukat, Islam Elgammal, Safdar Hussain

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The current study proposes a novel conceptual model in which Islamic work ethics has a mediating role in the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ life satisfaction within Pakistan’s banking sector. The model draws on the theory of leader-member exchange (LMX). Data from a sample of 240 were evaluated using structural equation modeling using SmartPLS 3.2.7 software. The findings indicate that servant leadership significantly impacts employees’ life satisfaction. Furthermore, Islamic work ethics mediated this effect. This study introduces ground-breaking bank inputs by creating a new integrated model based on LMX theory. While the impact of several dimensions of Islamic work ethics on employees’ life satisfaction has been widely investigated, the present study is the first to explore the roles of servant leadership and Islamic work ethics in leveraging bank employees’ life satisfaction. The results suggest that bank managers should enact servant leadership in their business and serve their employees ethically to improve their life satisfaction. Additionally, this study provides key theoretical contributions to the literature on Islamic banking.

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通过伊斯兰银行业的伊斯兰职业道德，仆人式领导对员工生活满意度的影响

本研究提出了一个新的概念模型，其中伊斯兰职业道德在巴基斯坦银行业仆人式领导和员工生活满意度之间的关系中起中介作用。该模型借鉴了领导-成员交换(LMX)理论。使用SmartPLS 3.2.7软件对240份样本的数据进行结构方程建模评估。研究发现，仆人式领导显著影响员工的生活满意度。此外，伊斯兰教的职业道德起到了中介作用。本研究在LMX理论的基础上建立了一个新的集成模型，引入了突破性的银行输入。虽然伊斯兰职业道德的几个维度对员工生活满意度的影响已被广泛研究，但本研究首次探讨了仆人式领导和伊斯兰职业道德在撬撬银行员工生活满意度中的作用。结果表明，银行管理者应在业务中实施仆人式领导，以道德的方式为员工服务，以提高员工的生活满意度。此外，本研究为伊斯兰银行的文献提供了重要的理论贡献。

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Asian Journal of Business Ethics ETHICS-

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2.60

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38.50%

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期刊介绍： The Asian Journal of Business Ethics (AJBE) publishes original articles from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning ethical issues related to business in Asia, including East, Southeast and South-central Asia. Like its well-known sister publication Journal of Business Ethics, AJBE examines the moral dimensions of production, consumption, labour relations, and organizational behavior, while taking into account the unique societal and ethical perspectives of the Asian region. The term ''business'' is understood in a wide sense to include all systems involved in the exchange of goods and services, while ''ethics'' is understood as applying to all human action aimed at securing a good life. We believe that issues concerning corporate responsibility are within the scope of ethics broadly construed. Systems of production, consumption, marketing, advertising, social and economic accounting, labour relations, public relations and organizational behaviour will be analyzed from a moral or ethical point of view. The style and level of dialogue involve all who are interested in business ethics - the business community, universities, government agencies, non-government organizations and consumer groups.The AJBE viewpoint is especially relevant today, as global business initiatives bring eastern and western companies together in new and ever more complex patterns of cooperation and competition.