Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in ... more Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in more general terms-the sustainable growth of those organizations involved. Firms are nowadays exposed to socio-environmental forces on a vast scale. This calls for a modern code of corporate social responsibility that clearly demonstrates the company's global corporate responsibility in the overall framework of sustainable growth.
Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not me... more Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not mean they can do whatever it takes to get the maximum profits. Businesses have other secondary purposes including providing goods and services, creating employment and gain maximum profits for its stakeholders including employees, customers, and the community at large. To examine the problems associated with balancing profit-motivated activities and meeting needs and expectations of stakeholders, the current study aims at explaining the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from an Islamic perspective. The paper employs a grounded theory approach to phenomenological investigation based upon review of published literature in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from Islamic perspectives. Qur'anic quotes and Ahadith (sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) are heavily used to describe best and explain the concepts. In addition, Muslim scholars and Imams have been consulted on some issues for better definitions of Islamic terms and concepts.
Advances in business strategy and competitive advantage book series, Feb 10, 2016
Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in ... more Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in more general terms-the sustainable growth of those organizations involved. Firms are nowadays exposed to socio-environmental forces on a vast scale. This calls for a modern code of corporate social responsibility that clearly demonstrates the company's global corporate responsibility in the overall framework of sustainable growth.
An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)
This paper reports the findings of a research study carried out in the West Bank (Palestine) as p... more This paper reports the findings of a research study carried out in the West Bank (Palestine) as part of British Council sponsored partnership initiative which had the objective of developing a greater understanding of exporting activity of small to medium size enterprises SME's in that area. The study was developed from research undertaken by the International Marketing Research Unit at Shefield Hallam University, where it was found that many local SMEs regard exporting as an add on activity. The research established that many companies failed to develop a clear strategic direction in international marketing and perceived many barriers to further development in international markets. By contrast a small but significant minority succeeded in international markets not only because they continually worked towards improving the capabilities of the firm, but also invested heavily in embedding the international trading culture into it. It was decided to carry out a similar survey acro...
The study aimed to identify organizational justice and its relationship to organizational commitm... more The study aimed to identify organizational justice and its relationship to organizational commitment of academics in Palestinian universities. The descriptive analytical approach was used, and a questionnaire was developed for the purpose of the study. The population consisted of all academics (826) at the universities of Hebron and Jerusalem, from which a random sample of 130 employees was taken. The results indicate that academics enjoy their vacations freely, that top administration delegates them some responsibilities, that university administration evaluates academics fairly and equally and assigns them work requirements and tasks that commensurate with their level of scientific expertise, and that academics receive promotions without delay. The administration takes into account the academics’ personal considerations when making career decisions and treats them with respect and dignity when decisions need to be made about their employment. Academics are satisfied with their jo...
An Najah University Journal For Research Humanities, May 28, 2012
The paper aims at filling a gap in international marketing literature covering the various aspect... more The paper aims at filling a gap in international marketing literature covering the various aspects of Islamic marketing mix. Two new elements "promise" and "patience" have been added by the author to the already existing conventional seven Ps of marketing mix. The new elements have been embedded by the researcher as pure Islamic service industry ingredients. The paper provides a practical perspective for understanding and implementing the various ingredients of marketing mix from Islamic perspective. Therefore, this paper will help marketing practitioners better address Muslim and Arab countries and markets. This analytical research design is built on the authors' vast knowledge, expertise and years of teaching of Islamic marketing and marketing management in Islam. The article uses Quran (Islamic law) and Sunnah (acts and sayings of prophet Mohammad) to analyze and explain relevant data. The findings have practical implications for marketing practitioners and international investors who produce, sell and market in Muslim and Arab countries and societies. Two new elements of marketing mix have been embedded by the researcher as pure Islamic marketing ingredients. Islamic-marketing mix is based on value-maximization demand empathy and mercy of God's creatures which implies refraining from doing harm to others and preventing the spread of unethical marketing practices. In Islam, adherence to Islamic ethical framework is based on equity and ـــــــــ ـــ ــــ ـــــــ ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ ــــــ ــــــ ــــــ "Islamic Marketing: Addressing the ……" An-Najah Univ. J. Res. (Humanities). Vol. 26(6), 2012 ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ ـــ ـــــــــــــــ ــ ـــــــ justice which ensures the dignity and freedom of people's "consumers and producers" minds, consciences and souls from all types of bondage. The findings presented will be of genuine interest to Western and non-Western executive managers, practitioners, marketers, academics, employees and customers at large. In Europe several companies at present start to realize that the growing presence of immigrants and new citizens with an Islamic background need to be addressed specifically. From the findings it can be concluded that understanding Islamic marketing mix is a key to business success in Muslim and Arab countries. This is the first paper, to the best knowledge of the researcher that conceptualizes and clarifies the various elements of marketing mix from Islamic point view with strong emphasis on Islamic business culture. The article has added two new elements of marketing mix that have not been explored before "promise" and "patience". Marketing practitioners, investors, researchers and academics would find this research very useful.
This study is designed to explore and examine the various aspects of management attitudes, belief... more This study is designed to explore and examine the various aspects of management attitudes, beliefs, and business culture on the West Bank. It investigates top managers personal, organisational and societal background. Within this general framework, the study aims to investigate the various aspects such as: managers characteristics, exogenous and endogenous pressures facing managers, attributes expected of managers, managers way of obtaining their present jobs. Their decision making styles, ways of handling functional problems, managers view of an ideal employee, managers nervousness, managers attitudes towards time, life insurance, mediation, nepotism, bribes, the employment of women, customs and traditions, an increase in business automation and technology, and attitudes towards jobs and various managerial functions and themes. Moreover, this study aims to explore the role of women as managers in the West Bank as well as to examine respondents needs and need satisfaction. A compari...
Family businesses are so predominant worldwide. They are the engine that drives socioeconomic dev... more Family businesses are so predominant worldwide. They are the engine that drives socioeconomic development and wealth creation. A family business is owned and managed by one or more family members who are actively engaged in the daily operations of the business. This research paper discusses the unique dynamics of Palestinian family business. The paper gives a better understanding of Palestinian family firms operating in an environment that is characterized by uncertainty, lack of stability and political risk. It is evident from the paper that there is competition between business and family. Palestinian business owners and or managers are working under internal and external pressures. The paper identifies the types of entrepreneurs in Palestine, pinpoints major characteristics, problems and challenges facing Palestinian entrepreneurs. It also provides Palestinian managers with major recommendations and best practices that are necessary for the success of family businesses and the en...
The influence of religion on most aspects of one's life is obvious. Islam as a religion governs m... more The influence of religion on most aspects of one's life is obvious. Islam as a religion governs man's life in this world in every aspect (Al-Sheha.2000,p.11).It is a well known fact the holy Qur'an and Sunnah (Hadith) are the main sources of guidance for Muslims in every sphere of life (Islahi,2015). The Qur'an never gives us suggestions but commands us to perform the commands of Allah. The Qur'an and Sunnah form the constitution for all Muslims. Therefore, Muslims must adjust their behavior accordingly. The objectives of the article are: to give a better understanding of Muslims behavior and manners as outlined in the Qur'an and Sunnah. The behaviors , manners to be discussed are communications, dealing with others, greetings and entering homes, etiquettes of sitting, socializing, , resolving differences, bereavement and condolences, cleanness and dress, eating and hospitality, fasting, walking, sleeping, intimate relations with one's spouse , behaving in the market, charging interest and borrowing and lending. The second objective is to develop some recommendations that will help avoid any negative bigotry of Islam and Muslims with particular emphasis on behavior. The third objective is to discuss the major implications of the findings on non Muslims and people of other cultures. In view of the arising negative reactions towards Muslims' in the Western world that is attributed by some Western observers to Islamic teachings based on the Qur'an and Sunnah, there needs to be a more objective view of the impact of Islam on individual behavior in both society and organizations. For the purpose of research the researcher used the Qur'an and Sunnah as the main source of information for the study. Apart from that, the researcher interviewed clergymen (Imams), and consulted Islamic shari'ah professors on some of the issues under investigation, in addition to the Friday prayer sermons and documents. Clergymen speeches are fully analyzed and investigated. The paper has academic and practical implications. It is believed that a better understanding of Muslims behavior and culture, will help non-Muslims learn better how to communicate and deal with Muslims whether at work, in the neighborhood, in the streets, in events and in the market. The paper will also fill a gap in international literature on the various aspects of Muslims culture and behavior. The study is divided into three sections. The first section presents the abstract, definition of Islam and Muslims, and introduction. The second section deals with the various aspects of Muslims behavior in light of the Qur'an and Sunnah (Hadith). The third section is dedicated to the conclusions, recommendations, and implications. It is evident from the paper that Islamic teachings have laid the foundations for good, sound and ethical behavior. Muslims should act and behave in accordance to the Qur'an and teachings of the Prophet. Good interaction and true Islamic behavior not only ensure that Muslims are not violating other people's rights but can also make them well accepted and appreciated by others.
Aspects of Management Attitudes, Beliefs, and Business Culture on the West Bank. Samir Ahmad Othm... more Aspects of Management Attitudes, Beliefs, and Business Culture on the West Bank. Samir Ahmad Othman Abuznaid University of Glasgow, 1990.
International Petroleum Technology Conference, 2008
Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not me... more Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not mean they can do whatever it takes to get the maximum profits. Businesses have other secondary purposes including providing goods and services, creating employment and gain maximum profits for its stakeholders including employees, customers, and the community at large. To examine the problems associated with balancing profit-motivated activities and meeting needs and expectations of stakeholders, the current study aims at explaining the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from an Islamic perspective. The paper employs a grounded theory approach to phenomenological investigation based upon review of published literature in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from Islamic perspectives. Qur'anic quotes and Ahadith (sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) are heavily used to describe best and explain the concepts. In addition, Muslim scholars and Imams have been consulted on some issues for better definitions of Islamic terms and concepts.
The ethics we find in companies contains the same elements as the ethics in the socio-economic co... more The ethics we find in companies contains the same elements as the ethics in the socio-economic context in which they operate.
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
Religion is a system of beliefs and practices that dictates individual response and interpretatio... more Religion is a system of beliefs and practices that dictates individual response and interpretations regarding what is supernatural and sacred (Mukhtar, and Butt,2011). Religion is one of the most universal and influential social institutions that has strong influence on people’s belief, personal identity and value systems (Nooshin Ghodsimaab, 2016).The impact of religion on culture is exerted from the Quran and Sunnah (Abuznaid, 2006; Delener,1994).Religion has received little attention from consumer researchers mainly because they believe that the influence of religion on consumption processes are indirect and the topic of religion has no place in consumer behavior theories and literature.As a result of the widening gap and cultural conflict between the West and Muslim countries, many international companies have become negatively affected by the changes in the international environment, which is reflected in changes in consumer behavior (Al-Hayari et al., 2012).This research aims ...
International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 2009
... Add to marked list: Session. DOI: 10.1108/17538390911006340 (Permanent URL). Business ethics ... more ... Add to marked list: Session. DOI: 10.1108/17538390911006340 (Permanent URL). Business ethics in Islam: the glaring gap in practice. The Authors. Samir Ahmad Abuznaid, School of Finance and Management, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine. Abstract. ...
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in ... more Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in more general terms-the sustainable growth of those organizations involved. Firms are nowadays exposed to socio-environmental forces on a vast scale. This calls for a modern code of corporate social responsibility that clearly demonstrates the company's global corporate responsibility in the overall framework of sustainable growth.
Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not me... more Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not mean they can do whatever it takes to get the maximum profits. Businesses have other secondary purposes including providing goods and services, creating employment and gain maximum profits for its stakeholders including employees, customers, and the community at large. To examine the problems associated with balancing profit-motivated activities and meeting needs and expectations of stakeholders, the current study aims at explaining the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from an Islamic perspective. The paper employs a grounded theory approach to phenomenological investigation based upon review of published literature in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from Islamic perspectives. Qur'anic quotes and Ahadith (sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) are heavily used to describe best and explain the concepts. In addition, Muslim scholars and Imams have been consulted on some issues for better definitions of Islamic terms and concepts.
Advances in business strategy and competitive advantage book series, Feb 10, 2016
Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in ... more Business globalisation has led to a growing awareness of social and environmental issues, and-in more general terms-the sustainable growth of those organizations involved. Firms are nowadays exposed to socio-environmental forces on a vast scale. This calls for a modern code of corporate social responsibility that clearly demonstrates the company's global corporate responsibility in the overall framework of sustainable growth.
An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)
This paper reports the findings of a research study carried out in the West Bank (Palestine) as p... more This paper reports the findings of a research study carried out in the West Bank (Palestine) as part of British Council sponsored partnership initiative which had the objective of developing a greater understanding of exporting activity of small to medium size enterprises SME's in that area. The study was developed from research undertaken by the International Marketing Research Unit at Shefield Hallam University, where it was found that many local SMEs regard exporting as an add on activity. The research established that many companies failed to develop a clear strategic direction in international marketing and perceived many barriers to further development in international markets. By contrast a small but significant minority succeeded in international markets not only because they continually worked towards improving the capabilities of the firm, but also invested heavily in embedding the international trading culture into it. It was decided to carry out a similar survey acro...
The study aimed to identify organizational justice and its relationship to organizational commitm... more The study aimed to identify organizational justice and its relationship to organizational commitment of academics in Palestinian universities. The descriptive analytical approach was used, and a questionnaire was developed for the purpose of the study. The population consisted of all academics (826) at the universities of Hebron and Jerusalem, from which a random sample of 130 employees was taken. The results indicate that academics enjoy their vacations freely, that top administration delegates them some responsibilities, that university administration evaluates academics fairly and equally and assigns them work requirements and tasks that commensurate with their level of scientific expertise, and that academics receive promotions without delay. The administration takes into account the academics’ personal considerations when making career decisions and treats them with respect and dignity when decisions need to be made about their employment. Academics are satisfied with their jo...
An Najah University Journal For Research Humanities, May 28, 2012
The paper aims at filling a gap in international marketing literature covering the various aspect... more The paper aims at filling a gap in international marketing literature covering the various aspects of Islamic marketing mix. Two new elements "promise" and "patience" have been added by the author to the already existing conventional seven Ps of marketing mix. The new elements have been embedded by the researcher as pure Islamic service industry ingredients. The paper provides a practical perspective for understanding and implementing the various ingredients of marketing mix from Islamic perspective. Therefore, this paper will help marketing practitioners better address Muslim and Arab countries and markets. This analytical research design is built on the authors' vast knowledge, expertise and years of teaching of Islamic marketing and marketing management in Islam. The article uses Quran (Islamic law) and Sunnah (acts and sayings of prophet Mohammad) to analyze and explain relevant data. The findings have practical implications for marketing practitioners and international investors who produce, sell and market in Muslim and Arab countries and societies. Two new elements of marketing mix have been embedded by the researcher as pure Islamic marketing ingredients. Islamic-marketing mix is based on value-maximization demand empathy and mercy of God's creatures which implies refraining from doing harm to others and preventing the spread of unethical marketing practices. In Islam, adherence to Islamic ethical framework is based on equity and ـــــــــ ـــ ــــ ـــــــ ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ ــــــ ــــــ ــــــ "Islamic Marketing: Addressing the ……" An-Najah Univ. J. Res. (Humanities). Vol. 26(6), 2012 ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ ـــ ـــــــــــــــ ــ ـــــــ justice which ensures the dignity and freedom of people's "consumers and producers" minds, consciences and souls from all types of bondage. The findings presented will be of genuine interest to Western and non-Western executive managers, practitioners, marketers, academics, employees and customers at large. In Europe several companies at present start to realize that the growing presence of immigrants and new citizens with an Islamic background need to be addressed specifically. From the findings it can be concluded that understanding Islamic marketing mix is a key to business success in Muslim and Arab countries. This is the first paper, to the best knowledge of the researcher that conceptualizes and clarifies the various elements of marketing mix from Islamic point view with strong emphasis on Islamic business culture. The article has added two new elements of marketing mix that have not been explored before "promise" and "patience". Marketing practitioners, investors, researchers and academics would find this research very useful.
This study is designed to explore and examine the various aspects of management attitudes, belief... more This study is designed to explore and examine the various aspects of management attitudes, beliefs, and business culture on the West Bank. It investigates top managers personal, organisational and societal background. Within this general framework, the study aims to investigate the various aspects such as: managers characteristics, exogenous and endogenous pressures facing managers, attributes expected of managers, managers way of obtaining their present jobs. Their decision making styles, ways of handling functional problems, managers view of an ideal employee, managers nervousness, managers attitudes towards time, life insurance, mediation, nepotism, bribes, the employment of women, customs and traditions, an increase in business automation and technology, and attitudes towards jobs and various managerial functions and themes. Moreover, this study aims to explore the role of women as managers in the West Bank as well as to examine respondents needs and need satisfaction. A compari...
Family businesses are so predominant worldwide. They are the engine that drives socioeconomic dev... more Family businesses are so predominant worldwide. They are the engine that drives socioeconomic development and wealth creation. A family business is owned and managed by one or more family members who are actively engaged in the daily operations of the business. This research paper discusses the unique dynamics of Palestinian family business. The paper gives a better understanding of Palestinian family firms operating in an environment that is characterized by uncertainty, lack of stability and political risk. It is evident from the paper that there is competition between business and family. Palestinian business owners and or managers are working under internal and external pressures. The paper identifies the types of entrepreneurs in Palestine, pinpoints major characteristics, problems and challenges facing Palestinian entrepreneurs. It also provides Palestinian managers with major recommendations and best practices that are necessary for the success of family businesses and the en...
The influence of religion on most aspects of one's life is obvious. Islam as a religion governs m... more The influence of religion on most aspects of one's life is obvious. Islam as a religion governs man's life in this world in every aspect (Al-Sheha.2000,p.11).It is a well known fact the holy Qur'an and Sunnah (Hadith) are the main sources of guidance for Muslims in every sphere of life (Islahi,2015). The Qur'an never gives us suggestions but commands us to perform the commands of Allah. The Qur'an and Sunnah form the constitution for all Muslims. Therefore, Muslims must adjust their behavior accordingly. The objectives of the article are: to give a better understanding of Muslims behavior and manners as outlined in the Qur'an and Sunnah. The behaviors , manners to be discussed are communications, dealing with others, greetings and entering homes, etiquettes of sitting, socializing, , resolving differences, bereavement and condolences, cleanness and dress, eating and hospitality, fasting, walking, sleeping, intimate relations with one's spouse , behaving in the market, charging interest and borrowing and lending. The second objective is to develop some recommendations that will help avoid any negative bigotry of Islam and Muslims with particular emphasis on behavior. The third objective is to discuss the major implications of the findings on non Muslims and people of other cultures. In view of the arising negative reactions towards Muslims' in the Western world that is attributed by some Western observers to Islamic teachings based on the Qur'an and Sunnah, there needs to be a more objective view of the impact of Islam on individual behavior in both society and organizations. For the purpose of research the researcher used the Qur'an and Sunnah as the main source of information for the study. Apart from that, the researcher interviewed clergymen (Imams), and consulted Islamic shari'ah professors on some of the issues under investigation, in addition to the Friday prayer sermons and documents. Clergymen speeches are fully analyzed and investigated. The paper has academic and practical implications. It is believed that a better understanding of Muslims behavior and culture, will help non-Muslims learn better how to communicate and deal with Muslims whether at work, in the neighborhood, in the streets, in events and in the market. The paper will also fill a gap in international literature on the various aspects of Muslims culture and behavior. The study is divided into three sections. The first section presents the abstract, definition of Islam and Muslims, and introduction. The second section deals with the various aspects of Muslims behavior in light of the Qur'an and Sunnah (Hadith). The third section is dedicated to the conclusions, recommendations, and implications. It is evident from the paper that Islamic teachings have laid the foundations for good, sound and ethical behavior. Muslims should act and behave in accordance to the Qur'an and teachings of the Prophet. Good interaction and true Islamic behavior not only ensure that Muslims are not violating other people's rights but can also make them well accepted and appreciated by others.
Aspects of Management Attitudes, Beliefs, and Business Culture on the West Bank. Samir Ahmad Othm... more Aspects of Management Attitudes, Beliefs, and Business Culture on the West Bank. Samir Ahmad Othman Abuznaid University of Glasgow, 1990.
International Petroleum Technology Conference, 2008
Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not me... more Businesses aim to generate profits and long term wealth for the owners. However, that does not mean they can do whatever it takes to get the maximum profits. Businesses have other secondary purposes including providing goods and services, creating employment and gain maximum profits for its stakeholders including employees, customers, and the community at large. To examine the problems associated with balancing profit-motivated activities and meeting needs and expectations of stakeholders, the current study aims at explaining the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from an Islamic perspective. The paper employs a grounded theory approach to phenomenological investigation based upon review of published literature in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development from Islamic perspectives. Qur'anic quotes and Ahadith (sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) are heavily used to describe best and explain the concepts. In addition, Muslim scholars and Imams have been consulted on some issues for better definitions of Islamic terms and concepts.
The ethics we find in companies contains the same elements as the ethics in the socio-economic co... more The ethics we find in companies contains the same elements as the ethics in the socio-economic context in which they operate.
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
Religion is a system of beliefs and practices that dictates individual response and interpretatio... more Religion is a system of beliefs and practices that dictates individual response and interpretations regarding what is supernatural and sacred (Mukhtar, and Butt,2011). Religion is one of the most universal and influential social institutions that has strong influence on people’s belief, personal identity and value systems (Nooshin Ghodsimaab, 2016).The impact of religion on culture is exerted from the Quran and Sunnah (Abuznaid, 2006; Delener,1994).Religion has received little attention from consumer researchers mainly because they believe that the influence of religion on consumption processes are indirect and the topic of religion has no place in consumer behavior theories and literature.As a result of the widening gap and cultural conflict between the West and Muslim countries, many international companies have become negatively affected by the changes in the international environment, which is reflected in changes in consumer behavior (Al-Hayari et al., 2012).This research aims ...
International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 2009
... Add to marked list: Session. DOI: 10.1108/17538390911006340 (Permanent URL). Business ethics ... more ... Add to marked list: Session. DOI: 10.1108/17538390911006340 (Permanent URL). Business ethics in Islam: the glaring gap in practice. The Authors. Samir Ahmad Abuznaid, School of Finance and Management, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine. Abstract. ...
Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social ... more Executive Summary Religion has a major impact on human behavior, social interactions, and social rela-tions. This research article discusses the impact of Islam on managers' behavior. The impact is exerted from the five pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pil- ...
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