Purpose: This study aims to explore the effect of Islamic work ethics on intention to leave. This study also examines the indirect effect of Islamic work ethics on intention to leave using Islamic job satisfaction as a mediator.
Design/methodology/approach: This study used a saturated sampling technique with a sample size of the 77 employee at all Islamic banks in Ternate City, North Maluku Province. SEM-PLS is used to test the hypothesis.
Findings: The study results found that Islamic work ethics had a negative and significant effect on intention to leave; Islamic work ethics also had a positive and significant effect on Islamic job satisfaction. Islamic job satisfaction has a negative and significant effect on intention to leave. Islamic job satisfaction partially mediates the influence of Islamic work ethics on intention to leave.
Research limitations/implications: Sources of reference regarding Islamic job satisfaction are still conceptual and very limited are the results of research on Islamic job satisfaction in field of management and organization.
Practical implications: This research generates theoretical findings in strategic human resource management science which states that values of Islamic work ethics and Islamic job satisfaction will generate benefits for all organizational stakeholders.
Social Implications: Values in Islamic job satisfaction and Islamic work ethics will be able to guide a Muslim individual in working from values related to his relationships with fellow humans and values in behavior that in essence humans are created to serve Allah and as the caliph of Allah. as well as to prosper the earth.
Originality/value: This research employ Islamic job satisfaction as a mediating variable. Unlike job satisfaction in general, Islamic job satisfaction has several aspects (ruhiyyah, aqliyyah, nafsiyyah and jasadiyyah) to obtain job satisfaction