The Relationship Between Islamic Religion and Ethical Leadership

Empirical research on how Islam influences leaders' behaviours and business practices is not easily available. The separation of church and state has never been an Islamic precept; therefore, this paper investigates how Islamic religion affects ethical leadership amongst Kuwait's private sector leaders. Using a constructionist approach within which 40 leaders from Kuwaiti private sector organisations were interviewed, in the banking, investment, real estate and services sectors. The study provides important insights into the concepts related to good and ethical leadership in a non-Western environment and enriches our knowledge in this sector of the management field.

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The Relationship between Islamic Religion and Ethical Leadership

Human Rights and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch054 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 995-1008

Author(s):

Terki Alazmi

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Private Sector ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Ethical Leadership ◽

Church And State ◽

Business Practices ◽

Islamic Religion ◽

Constructionist Approach ◽

The Relationship

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Why Do Public Employees Desire Intrinsic Nonmonetary Opportunities?

Public Personnel Management ◽

10.1177/009102600903800302 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 15-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Leonard Bright

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Public Administration ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Current Literature ◽

Public Service ◽

Public Service Motivation ◽

Public Employees ◽

The Relationship

Public administration research has consistently demonstrated that public employees possess a higher desire for intrinsic nonmonetary opportunities than their private sector counterparts. Yet it is not entirely clear why. Researchers have largely assumed that public service motivation is the reason for these findings. However, no empirical research to date has directly tested this assumption while also taking into account alternate explanations. This study aims to fill that gap in the literature by empirically investigating the relationship that public service motivation has to the intrinsic nonmonetary preferences of public employees while controlling for several confounding explanations. This article closes with some summary findings, a discussion of contributions to the current literature on public service motivation, and the identification of a few issues that deserve further investigation.

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Public Capital and Private Sector Productivity: A Review of the Empirical Evidence

The Economic and Labour Relations Review ◽

10.1177/103530469500600104 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 52-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Glenn Otto ◽

Graham Voss

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Public Capital ◽

Policy Debates ◽

The Relationship

This paper contains a survey of recent empirical research on the relationship between public capital and private sector production. The implications of these empirical studies for policy debates over the appropriate level of public capital are also examined.

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Leadership in context

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management ◽

10.1108/imefm-01-2015-0008 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 474-491 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Terki N. Alazmi

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Private Sector ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Content Type ◽

Leadership Behaviour ◽

Constructionist Approach

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the contextual dimensions that form leadership behaviour amongst Kuwait’s private sector leaders. Design/methodology/approach Using a constructionist approach within which 40 leaders from Kuwaiti private sector organisations were interviewed, in the banking, investment, real estate and services sectors, this paper focuses on two main areas of study: to critically examine the literature and identify the most contextual dimensions found to have significant influence on leadership behaviour and to verify first-hand how the identified dimensions are affecting leaders’ behaviour in the specified context. Findings The research finds that although the content of leadership may not change significantly, the context of leadership is important and is able to alter the quality and behaviour of leaders. Originality/value Empirically based knowledge about leadership in context is limited, as few studies to date have examined the importance of the contextual dimensions in explaining leadership behaviour.

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