The influences of islamic work ethics toward organizational commitment in Hidayatullah Islamic Boarding School Batam, Indonesia

The study was conducted to examine the influences of Islamic work ethics toward organizational commitment among educators and educational personnel in 8 work units under Hidayatullah Islamic Boarding School Batam, Indonesia. The objectives of the study is to examine the level of Islamic work ethics and organizational commitment, to analyze the relationships and the influences of Islamic work ethics toward organizational commitment and to analyze the dominant influences of Islamic work ethics dimensions toward organizational commitment. Sampling procedure of the study is stratified random sampling and total sample obtained is 192 respsondents. The findings of the study indicated that the level of Islamic work ethics and organizational commitment is in high level, relationship between Islamic work ethics and organizational commitment showed positive direction on high association, Islamic work ethics bring significance influence toward organizational commitment and the dominant influences of Islamic work ethics dimensions toward organizational commitment is work with sincerity and upholding the trust, whereas the dominant influences of Islamic work ethics dimensions toward affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment is work with sincerity and upholding the trust, work diligently and capably and work with sincerity and upholding the trust respectively. The findings indicated that if Islamic work ethics among respondents increases, the level of organizational commitment also increased, while if the level of Islamic work ethics among respondents decreases, the level of organizational commitment also decreased. Further, the study is expected to give contributions to the development of human resources and the implementation of religion values in school environment in particular and workplaces in general