Journal of Islamic Business and Management
Development and Validation of A New Islamic Work Ethics Scale for Healthcare Providers in Emergency Departments
Audai Naji Al- Samdi1, Dr. Safiya Amaran2*, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ariff Tengku3, Bandar Ersan Alown4
December 2021
Abstract
Purpose:
Research on work ethics has acquired considerable scholars' attention. Research on employees' religion-oriented ethics, particularly Islamic Work Ethics (IWE), has remained relatively narrow in healthcare settings. This study aims to develop and validate a scale to measure Healthcare Providers (HCPs) IWE in Emergency Departments (EDs).Design/methodology/approach:
This study was conducted on HCPs who work at EDs in Jordan. The scale goes through a series of validation processes, including content validity, face validity, and construct validity. This study employed exploratory factor analysis for construct validity and Cronbach's alpha for reliability analysis.Findings:
Exploratory factor analysis yielded 17 strong explanatory items on a three-dimension scale, namely obligation of HCP to their patients, obligation of supervisors to their subordinates and obligation of HCP to their colleagues. Conclusion: The findings of this study provide a valid and reliable scale that had a satisfactory psychometric property for measuring Healthcare Providers' IWE in EDs.KAUJIE Classification:
M10, P00JEL Classification:
P0Keywords
New Islamic Work Ethics, Scale, Healthcare Providers, Emergency Departments