INVESTIGATING THE MODERATING ROLE OF ISLAMIC WORK ETHICS ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL JUSTICE AND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER INTENTIONS

Abstract

Islamic work ethics directly and significantly influence positive organizational outcomes resulted from perceived fairness in interpersonal treatment of employees. This study focused on exploring the effects of perceived interpersonal justice on turnover intention along with the investigation of moderating role of Islamic work ethics on interpersonal justice–employee turnover intentions relationship. The data was collected from 381 employees working in Islamic banking sector of Pakistan. The analysis was carried out by using SmartPLS after data screening and initial testing. The results revealed that interpersonal justice had a negative significant effect on employee turnover intentions for individuals who were high on Islamic work ethics. However, interpersonal justice significantly and positively affected employee turnover intentions for individuals who were low on Islamic work ethics. The findings of current study provide a valuable insight to incorporate Islamic principles for inculcating moral and ethical values among employees to develop a fruitful employee-organization association. This study discussed important implications for academia and practitioners with the provision of possible avenues of future research.