Islamic work ethic: an agenda for future research

The concept of Islamic work ethic (IWE) is gaining more attention from researchers due to its importance in the workplace. Considering it’s numerous of benefits, the present study reviews the existing literature pertaining to this phenomenon in order to understand and to identify the areas that are already explored as well as the areas that are needed to be addressed. The present research contributes to the body of knowledge by highlighting important gaps in the IWE literature particularly in term of its antecedents, consequences, dimensionality and its measurement scale. This study concludes by stressing the necessity of future researchers to put more effort in addressing these gaps in the literature in order to increase the understanding of the IWE construct at workplace