Religion in the Workplace

2022 ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Asma Ayari
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Organizational Functioning ◽  
Bank Management

This chapter is an exploratory study that explores the issues of the religious fact in Bahraini banks. The chapter will produce an understanding of this phenomenon, the different religious forms it takes, and its impact on the management of organizational functioning in Bahraini banks. First, a questionnaire will be distributed among 125 employees and managers working in Bahraini banks. The questionnaire will report the workplace religious positions and manifestations perceived by the employees. It will also say what religious facts and managerial solutions based on religion employees observe in the workplace. Then, semi-direct interviews conducted with 15 managers will help explore the challenges and issues related to religious practices. Finally, the data collected will be analyzed based on themes developed from the literature review. The results will show how religious values impact Bahraini bank management practices and functioning.

scholarly journals Organizational Commitment and Lean Sustainability: Literature Review and Directions for Future Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amal Benkarim ◽  
Daniel Imbeau
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Narrative Literature Review ◽  
Key Aspects

The vast majority of works published on Lean focus on the evaluation of tools and/or the strategies needed for its implementation. Although many authors highlight the degree of employee commitment as one of the key aspects of Lean, what has gone largely unnoticed in the literature, is that few studies have examined in-depth the concept of organizational commitment in connection with Lean. With this narrative literature review article, our main objective is (1) to identify and analyze an extensive body of literature that addresses the Lean Manufacturing approach and how it relates to employee commitment, emphasizing affective commitment as the main type of organizational commitment positively associated with Lean, and (2) to highlight the management practices required to encourage this kind of commitment and promote the success and sustainability of Lean. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview that can help researchers and practitioners interested in Lean better understand the importance of employee commitment in this type of approach, and as well, to identify related research questions.

Analisis literatur sistematik: impak elemen spiritual terhadap kejayaan usahawan Muslim

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-443
Author(s):  
Syarul Azman Shaharuddin ◽  
Mariam Abd Majid ◽  
Muhammad Yusof Marlon Abdullah ◽  
Abur Hamdi Usman ◽  
Siti Nor Atiqah Amran
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Best Effort ◽  
Internal Development ◽  
The World

The world of entrepreneurs in Malaysia has been led by Muslims. This has contributed to the growth of the Muslim economy. There are issues of failure in business management based on Islamic spiritual values. Spirituality is the process of the internal development of the soul. In Islam, it is based on faith in life, believing and trust in Allah Almighty, while application of the tauhid paradigm in both in this world and hereafter are related affairs. The purpose of the study is to analyze the potential of spiritual elements in the success of Muslim entrepreneurs. In this article, the researchers applied the Systematic Literature Review methodology, which focuses on research objectives. This article uses three (3) steps to analyze selected articles, i.e., by identification, screening, and eligibility. The outcome of this study had established five (5) journal articles that discussed spiritual elements that played an important role in the success of Muslim entrepreneurs, based on religious practices and values that were applied in entrepreneurship. The analysis found that the belief in Allah and the practice of religious values helped to enhance confidence and build the strong personality and traits of successful entrepreneurs. This is contributed by the elements of gratitude (Shukr), approval (riḍā), and reliance (tawakkal) after the best effort. Therefore, this study is expected to contribute to the research on entrepreneurship in Malaysia, especially for the Muslim community.

Were Higher Education Institutions Communication Strategies Well Suited for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
David Santandreu Calonge ◽  
Pablo Medina Aguerrebere ◽  
Patrik Hultberg ◽  
Melissa Connor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
External Communication ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

The immediacy of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the sheer importance of internal and external communication with stakeholders. Universities had to rapidly grasp an unfolding and fast-changing crisis, gauge their level of preparedness, review decision and implementation processes, devise strategies, and adapt communication approaches. This exploratory study conducts a literature review in order to identify relevant studies that address how higher education institutions communicated to their stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The review of the literature revealed that although many higher education institutions had disaster recovery plans in place, few were well-equipped for a disruption of global proportions. Using a grounded theory approach, five important themes emerged from the relevant studies.

scholarly journals Downside of corporate performance management practices in low-income markets

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Last Mazambani ◽  
Emmanuel Mutambara
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Developed Markets ◽  
The Poor

Based on theoretical literature review, the paper demonstrates the misgiving of market economy corporate performance management practices when applied in poor markets. Western developed management practices are incongruent to serve poor customers in low-income markets. The findings of the literature review are that these management systems are exclusionary and conflict with sustainable development as they reject the poor as unprofitable and worthless to pursue as customers. In addition, they are based on antiquated assumptions and contradict ideologies and cultural contexts of the poor. In recent times, corporates are under pressure to enter low-income markets as developed markets get saturated. The poor are, however, significantly different from the affluent customers obtained in higher income segments. Corporates find themselves poorly equipped to succeed. Because poor markets are only latent, firms are expected to do more in order to create value than they would do when entering developed markets. The paper provides recommendations for the firms from developed markets to adjust their performance management practices in order to be successful in emerging markets.

scholarly journals Effectiveness Comparison of the AngularJS and Meteor frameworks

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 158-161
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Chornyi ◽  
Marek Miłosz
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Performance Framework ◽  
Long Time

This article presents the results of comparing code developing speeds and project loads across different frameworks to explore which of them seems to be the best choice in the long time. The analysis was carried out in terms of the exploratory study, the design of the sample project and the literature review. Comparison will make it possible to point to a better performance framework and prolong its use.

scholarly journals Success Factors for Software Outsourcing Partnership Management: An Exploratory Study Using Systematic Literature Review

IEEE Access ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 23589-23612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sikandar Ali ◽  
Li Hongqi ◽  
Siffat Ullah Khan ◽  
Yang Zhongguo ◽  
Zhu Liping
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Software Outsourcing

Putting Faith into Action

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Braunstein
Keyword(s):  
Religious Liberty ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Religious Others ◽  
Democratic Societies

Chapter 4 demonstrates that Interfaith and the Patriots developed different ways of enacting active citizenship in the course of their work together, and specifically their efforts to put their faith in action. Although both groups asserted that there was a public role for religion in diverse and pluralistic democratic societies, they differed in their understandings of how this should work in practice. Interfaith’s efforts to put their faith in action were driven primarily by concerns about religious inclusion, while the Patriots were driven primarily by concerns about religious liberty. Participants in the groups thus emphasized subtly different religious values, developed different ways of engaging with religious others, and engaged in different kinds of religious (and civil religious) practices. The chapter concludes by tracing the groups’ choices about how to put their faith in action to differences in their democratic imaginaries—their ways of understanding how democracy works and the proper role of active citizens in it.

Brands Loyalty

2019 ◽  
pp. 1446-1465
Author(s):  
Maha Mourad ◽  
Karim Youssef
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Retail Market ◽  
Brand Trust ◽  
Quantitative Technique ◽  
Brand Affect

Over the last couple of decades, the mobile communication companies have been growing rapidly and it plays a major role in the emerging economies that can't be underestimated. This study was conducted to better understand the factors that lead to brand loyalty in the Egyptian mobile retail industry as an example of an emerging economy. Based on the literature review and an exploratory study a conceptual framework was proposed that was tested using a quantitative technique. It was launched with 245 responses to test the hypothesis using SPSS tool. The findings of the research showed that Brand Trust, Customer Satisfaction, Brand Affect, and Resale Value are determinants of Brand Loyalty. The outcomes of this study will help in better understanding the determinants of brand loyalty and can be used by marketers to know how to create loyalty of the Egyptian consumers to the multinational brands in the mobile retail market.

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