fluence over others are the main elements in shaping
organizational culture and employee performance. In
the Islamic perspective, a leader must administer and
be responsible for the mandate given to him based on
the Qur’an and Hadist. In addition, an Islamic leader
must also be able to create an organizational culture
that is based on Islam in order to improve employees’
performance.
Work motivation is also a major factor in shaping
organizational culture which will also improve em-
ployee performance. It is similar to the research con-
ducted by (Satriyani, 2015) in which Islamic work
motivation has a positive and significant effect on the
Performance of BPRS Saka Dana Mulia Kudus Em-
ployees. This means that the higher the motivation
given, the higher the Employees’ performance is. On
the other hand, the lower the motivation given, the
lower the employee’s performance is. In the perspec-
tive of Islam, all activities performed in this world,
including work, are not only to fulfill the needs in
this world but also to fulfill the needs in the hereafter.
Thus, it implies that the Islamic work motivation is
not only material but also spiritual.
Work ethic possessed by employees also enables
the institution to shape its organizational culture
which will ultimately improve the employees’ perfor-
mance. A study conducted by (Kusumawati, 2015)
quantitatively obtained the results that there is a posi-
tive influence between Islamic work ethic on Islamic
work behavior or the performance of lecturers and
employees of Sultan Agung Islamic University, Se-
marang. In the view of Islam, a Muslim is required to
have an Islamic work ethic in working; a Muslim is
required to always work hard, be productive, creative
and innovative to demonstrate better performance.
2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Leadership in Islam
An Islamic leadership is an ideal leader who has the
knowledge sourced from Al-quran and hadith, and
also Islamic literature (such as faith, infaq, fasting and
so on) as the main principal. According to (Mujiono,
2005), the leadership in Islam is a leader who per-
forms human functions as a caliph on earth that must
be based on the Qur’an and hadith. Hence, it can
be concluded that the style of Islamic leadership is
the way of leading demonstrated by a leader who can
maintain his mandate and responsibility to his mem-
bers and Allah SWT based on the Qur’an and hadith.
The indicators of Islamic leadership style accord-
ing to (Hakim, 2012) are:
• Shiddiq / Honesty
• Amanah / Trust
• Fathanah / Smart
• Tabligh.
2.2 Motivation
Motivation comes from “motive” or in Latin known
as “movere”, which means ”to mobilize”. Martoyo
in Erqoni (2008) states that motive or encouragement
is an impulse that becomes the reason of someone
for doing something or working. A highly motivated
person is a person who demonstrates substantial ef-
forts to support the production goals of his working
units and the organization in which he works. On
the other hand, an unmotivated person only performs
minimum efforts in working. Thus, motivation or mo-
tivation means giving motives, producing motives, or
things that creates encouragement, or circumstances
that arises encouragement. It can be said that motiva-
tion is a process that begins with physiological or psy-
chological deficiencies that drive the behavior or im-
pulse to achieve goals or incentives (Luthans, 2006).
In Islam, work motivation also fulfills not only a
living but also the obligation to worship Allah after
other services. The indicators of motivation in Islam,
according to (Anisah, 2014), include: Motivation of
aqeedah, motivation for worship and motivation of
muamalah.
2.3 Islamic Work Ethic
Work ethics can be interpreted as attitudes and views
on working, working habits, characteristics or traits
regarding the workings of a person, a group of peo-
ple, or a nation. Meanwhile, the meaning of the Is-
lamic work ethic, according to (Asifudin, 2004), is the
character and habits of humans with regard to work,
reflected from the system of faith / Islamic aqeedah
which is a fundamental attitude towards Allah. (Tas-
mara, 2002) asserts that the Islamic work ethic is the
earnest efforts accomplished by mobilizing all of the
assets, thoughts, and remembrance to actualize or re-
veal the meaning as a servant of God who must subju-
gate the world and become as a part of the best society
(khairul ummah). In other words we can also say that
man can only humanize himself by working. It can be
concluded that the Islamic work ethic is the attitude,
character and work habits that is reflected from the
system of faith / Islamic aqeedah to reveal the mean-
ing of himself as a servant of Allah who must subdue
the world and place himself as part of the best society
(khairul ummah).
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