Abstract / Excerpt:

This study is aimed at developing the Islamic Work Ethic Scale (IWES) that is culturally responsive to the Muslim professionals in the Philippines. The proposed scale consist of five dimensions; (a) Effectiveness/ Efficiency, (b) Sincerity, (c) Honesty, (d) Just/ Fairness, and (e) Trustworthiness, were finalized with a total of 33 items. The psychometric properties of the scale were established using the standard procedure in arriving the appropriate reliability and validity of the instrument. This procedure includes test conceptualization, test construction, test tryout, Analysis, Revision, and Final form of the scale. The test-retest reliability of all dimensions of IWES ranges from .57 (Honesty) to .86 (Sincerity), and yielded a high Cronbach's Alpha of .960. Moreover, confirmatory factor analyses were also carried out to deconstruct the factors of Islamic Work Ethic Scale. The CFA result also implied that the five dimensions of IWES were interrelated and homogeneous which is also supported by High Correlation of Dimensions score (.759** to .881**) to the total score of IWES. Thereafter the IWES was used to determine the socio-demographic profile and the level of work ethics of 298 Muslim Professional in Davao Region; that shows they scored mostly high. The results also revealed that there are no significant differences between Age, Gender, Ethnicity and level of Work Ethics when the researcher performed the t-test and Anova, therefore accepting the Null Hypotheses. This also means that IWES can be used across all ages, gender and ethnicity of Muslim Professionals.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Social Science
Authors	Janor Caparan Balo
Page Count	28
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 2016
Tags	Davao Region, Development, Ethics, Islamic Work, Muslim, Professionals, Social Science, Standardization

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