Islamic Work Ethics in Building Work Life Balance to Achieve Islamic Job Satisfaction

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide an interpretation of library study result on the relationship between Islamic Work Ethics (IWE) in building work life balance (WLB) to achieve job satisfaction in Islam. The method used is library study by tracing related topics. Data comes from primary sources in the form of articles that are relevant to topics. Meanwhile, data analysis used interpretive. The results show that there is an alleged logical relationship between IWE, WLB and job satisfaction in Islam. Application of IWE can build a balance between work and life outside of work. Furthermore, someone who is able to build this balance can feel job satisfaction, in terms of Islamic job satisfaction. The implication of this research, there is an initial assumption of a link between IWE and WLB and job satisfaction in Islam. The future research agenda can test empirically the relationship between these variables by incorporating it into an empirical research model.

Keywords

• islamic work ethic
• work life balance
• islamic job satisfaction