An Islamic Perspective on the Expectancy-Valence Theory

The most commonly used classification of motivation theories among organizational behavior scholars is the content and process theories (Altman, Valenzi, and Hodgetts 1985). While content theories address what motivates employees, process theories speculate about how to motivate them (Bedeian 1980)...

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Autores principales:	Ola Abdel-kawi, James Kole
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 1991
Materias:	Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aa22e9cc508247999b0be8b8bb21e7d22021-12-02T19:22:55ZAn Islamic Perspective on the Expectancy-Valence Theory10.35632/ajis.v8i3.26052690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/aa22e9cc508247999b0be8b8bb21e7d21991-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/2605https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The most commonly used classification of motivation theories among organizational behavior scholars is the content and process theories (Altman, Valenzi, and Hodgetts 1985). While content theories address what motivates employees, process theories speculate about how to motivate them (Bedeian 1980). When Muslim scholars have discussed motivation theories, they have explained the Islamic perspective on the content approach. For example, Sharafeldin (1988) compared content theories with the socialist approach of motivation. He emphasized the extrinsic motives of Islamic values and concluded that these values are alternative motivators for Muslims to achieve better performance. Ahmad (1988,3) also reviewed content theories and argued that the ritual aspect of the human personality is an intrinsic motive other than the “materialistic-orientation”o f the content theories. In addition, Shareef (1988, 11) noted that while certain Islamic actions will fulfill the selfactualization needs, “economic incentives are motivators only in life-threatening situations.” Despite this focus on the content approach of motivation theories, Muslim scholars have given less attention to how to motivate employees. They also have not provided sufficient conceptualization for an Islamic process by which Muslim employees make their motivational choices within an Islamic context. This paper addresses this gap in Islamic organizational behavioml literature by a) presenting an Islamic model of motivation process dmwn from the @fan; b) discussing the model’s dynamics in relation to both social learning theory and Vroom’s expectancy theory; and c) introducing an Islamic expectancy and exploring its instrumentalities and implications ... Ola Abdel-kawiJames KoleInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 8, Iss 3 (1991)
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description	The most commonly used classification of motivation theories among organizational behavior scholars is the content and process theories (Altman, Valenzi, and Hodgetts 1985). While content theories address what motivates employees, process theories speculate about how to motivate them (Bedeian 1980). When Muslim scholars have discussed motivation theories, they have explained the Islamic perspective on the content approach. For example, Sharafeldin (1988) compared content theories with the socialist approach of motivation. He emphasized the extrinsic motives of Islamic values and concluded that these values are alternative motivators for Muslims to achieve better performance. Ahmad (1988,3) also reviewed content theories and argued that the ritual aspect of the human personality is an intrinsic motive other than the “materialistic-orientation”o f the content theories. In addition, Shareef (1988, 11) noted that while certain Islamic actions will fulfill the selfactualization needs, “economic incentives are motivators only in life-threatening situations.” Despite this focus on the content approach of motivation theories, Muslim scholars have given less attention to how to motivate employees. They also have not provided sufficient conceptualization for an Islamic process by which Muslim employees make their motivational choices within an Islamic context. This paper addresses this gap in Islamic organizational behavioml literature by a) presenting an Islamic model of motivation process dmwn from the @fan; b) discussing the model’s dynamics in relation to both social learning theory and Vroom’s expectancy theory; and c) introducing an Islamic expectancy and exploring its instrumentalities and implications ...
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