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Entrepreneurship as worship: A Malay Muslim perspective

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  • Sidek, Farhana
  • Pavlovich, Kathryn
  • Gibb, Jenny

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While Islam is the second largest religion in the world with 1.6 billion Muslims, there are variations in the interpretations of that law (i.e., Sharia). This diversity and variation may hold the key in explaining the different behaviours among Muslim entrepreneurs because of their views on the concept of work as worship. In this study, we examine how Malay entrepreneurs are guided in their sourcing and shaping of entrepreneurial opportunities through Shafii practice. Our contributions include identifying five central values that guided the participant’s sourcing of opportunities: Fardhu Kifayah (communal obligation), Wasatiyyah (balanced), Dakwah1 (the call of joining the good and forbidding the bad), Amanah (trust), and Barakah (blessings). We also contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by demonstrating how these macro-level values of worship gave the entrepreneurs confidence in creating their new ventures.

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  • Sidek, Farhana & Pavlovich, Kathryn & Gibb, Jenny, 2018. "Entrepreneurship as worship: A Malay Muslim perspective," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(5), pages 698-710, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:24:y:2018:i:05:p:698-710_00
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    1. Younis, Heba & Dimitratos, Pavlos & Elbanna, Said, 2022. "International entrepreneurial SMEs in the muslim world: The role of religion in the GCC countries," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(5).
    2. Asma Rauf & Yazid Abubakar & Ayesha Abrar & Madiha Gohar & Ly Slesman & Jay Mitra, 2022. "Islam, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 8(2), pages 270-273, July.

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