Exploring the Role of Religiosity in Moderating Employee Commitments in Islamic Banking (Study at Sharia Banks in East Java, Indonesia)

Islamic banking has increased rapidly in Indonesia for the last ‎few decades. As a country with Moslem domination religion, ‎religiosity is considered as one of the essential determinants ‎for Moslem consumers to using Islamic/sharia banking ‎products. The primary purpose of this paper is to analyze and test ‎the influence of organizational culture, especially the ethical ‎values dominated by the influence of Javanese and Madura ‎culture on employee organizational commitment and ‎performance, and to examine how the influence of religiosity as ‎a moderating variable on the relationship between commitment ‎organizational and employees of performance. Data were obtained from 109 employees working in the sharia banking (both state-owned and private sharia bank) located in Jember, East Java. Data were collected through a questionnaire carried out from August to September 2019 and analyzed using PLS software. The findings indicate the ethical value ‎of the company does not have a significant influence on ‎organizational commitment, and the variable of religiosity turns ‎out to play a significant role in increasing the interaction ‎between organizational commitment to employee performance. ‎This paper contributes to show the importance of religiosity ‎aspects that needs to be maintained to ensure increased ‎employee performance.