Factors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance

This paper attempts to investigate the factors that affect job satisfaction of sales agents from Islamic (Hereafter; Takāful) and conventional insurance of Pakistan using Herzberg two-factor motivation theory. Using multi-stage stratified random sampling, we received a total of 318 usable responses...

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Autores principales: Khalil-Ur Rahman, Waheed Akhter, Saad Ullah Khan
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e9637094c69542d7a2fd4e0fb83ebc8a2021-12-02T14:35:46ZFactors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance2331-197510.1080/23311975.2016.1273082https://doaj.org/article/e9637094c69542d7a2fd4e0fb83ebc8a2017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2016.1273082https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975This paper attempts to investigate the factors that affect job satisfaction of sales agents from Islamic (Hereafter; Takāful) and conventional insurance of Pakistan using Herzberg two-factor motivation theory. Using multi-stage stratified random sampling, we received a total of 318 usable responses (185 from family Takāful and 133 from life insurance). A multiple regression and hierarchal regression model including 11 hygiene–motivational factors were used to examine job satisfaction in the presence of moderating factor Shari’ah perception. The outcomes regarding Herzberg two-factor theory were entirely distinctive between those two direct sales groups with the presence of moderating variable Shari’ah perception. Without moderating the effect of Shari’ah perception, family Takāful and conventional life insurance full-time direct sales agents demonstrated that hygiene factors and motivational factors were both more effective indicators of job satisfaction in Pakistani context. While checking the moderating effect in the presence of moderating variable Shari’ah perception, family Takāful sales agents are satisfied with hygiene factors where the motivators are not significantly affected by Shari’ah perception. On the other hand, conventional life insurance sales agents have no concern with Shari’ah perception.Khalil-Ur RahmanWaheed AkhterSaad Ullah KhanTaylor & Francis Grouparticleshari’ah perceptiontakāfulinsurancejob satisfactionherzberghygienemotivatorspakistanBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2017)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic shari’ah perception
takāful
insurance
job satisfaction
herzberg
hygiene
motivators
pakistan
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle shari’ah perception
takāful
insurance
job satisfaction
herzberg
hygiene
motivators
pakistan
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Khalil-Ur Rahman
Waheed Akhter
Saad Ullah Khan
Factors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance
description This paper attempts to investigate the factors that affect job satisfaction of sales agents from Islamic (Hereafter; Takāful) and conventional insurance of Pakistan using Herzberg two-factor motivation theory. Using multi-stage stratified random sampling, we received a total of 318 usable responses (185 from family Takāful and 133 from life insurance). A multiple regression and hierarchal regression model including 11 hygiene–motivational factors were used to examine job satisfaction in the presence of moderating factor Shari’ah perception. The outcomes regarding Herzberg two-factor theory were entirely distinctive between those two direct sales groups with the presence of moderating variable Shari’ah perception. Without moderating the effect of Shari’ah perception, family Takāful and conventional life insurance full-time direct sales agents demonstrated that hygiene factors and motivational factors were both more effective indicators of job satisfaction in Pakistani context. While checking the moderating effect in the presence of moderating variable Shari’ah perception, family Takāful sales agents are satisfied with hygiene factors where the motivators are not significantly affected by Shari’ah perception. On the other hand, conventional life insurance sales agents have no concern with Shari’ah perception.
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author Khalil-Ur Rahman
Waheed Akhter
Saad Ullah Khan
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title Factors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance
title_short Factors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance
title_full Factors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance
title_fullStr Factors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting employee job satisfaction: A comparative study of conventional and Islamic insurance
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