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Introduction: In today's dynamic era, tight competition urges a comprehensive analysis of company success factors with an emphasis on high-quality human resources, employee performance, religiosity, and workplace location's impact on performance. Methods: This explanatory research uses a quantitative approach, surveying 259 urban Muslim employees in Indonesia and Malaysia online from May to August 2023 via random sampling and SEM analysis. Results: Using WarpPLS, this study found that work location significantly affects both religiosity and Islamic work performance, confirming H1 with a coefficient of 0.502 (p-value <0.001) and H2 with a coefficient of 0.573 (p-value <0.001). However, H3 is rejected, as religiosity does not significantly affect Islamic work performance (coefficient 0.082, p-value 0.245). Conclusion and suggestion: Work location significantly affects employee religiosity and Islamic work performance, with urban and closer locations enhancing these aspects. However, religiosity does not directly impact performance, indicating a complex relationship. Managers should consider location in recruitment, support religious practices, and investigate these dynamics while integrating religious values in training programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In today's dynamic era, tight competition urges a comprehensive analysis of company success factors with an emphasis on high-quality human resources, employee performance, religiosity, and workplace location's impact on performance. Methods: This explanatory research uses a quantitative approach, surveying 259 urban Muslim employees in Indonesia and Malaysia online from May to August 2023 via random sampling and SEM analysis. Results: Using WarpPLS, this study found that work location significantly affects both religiosity and Islamic work performance, confirming H1 with a coefficient of 0.502 (p-value

X-School is an association for Muslim K-popers in Indonesia. They are part of the millennial generation who study Islam with da'wah bil lisan approach. This study aims to determine influence the da'wah bil lisan method has on the religiosity of the participants of the X-School Season 4. This research is a quantitative study and uses ex post facto research design. The subjects of this study were participants in the X-Season 4 program. Data collection techniques used a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using normality test, linearity test and heteroscedasticity test. The hypothesis test used is simple linear regression. The result is known that the coefficient of determination is 40.1%. So it can be concluded that the contribution or contribution or influence given by variable X (da'wah bil lisan approach) on variable Y (religiosity) is 40.1% or in other words the use of the da'wah bil lisan approach can increase the religiosity of study participants X-School Season 4 .

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Abstract: Emotional intelligence is a person's ability to manage emotions wisely. Several factors related to emotional intelligence include religiosity and self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is the ability to measure the strength of an individual to complete a task or face a problem. Religiosity is a process that occurs between fellow human beings and humans with their god which is framed in worship behavior, aqidah and living systems. Both of these things can affect the level of emotional intelligence of students. This study aims to examine the effect of religiosity and self-efficacy on the emotional intelligence of MA Al-Huda students in Kediri City. This study uses a quantitative approach with multiple correlation types. The subjects were 62 students. The sample was drawn using a simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used a questionnaire with a Likert scale. The data analysis technique used multiple regression analysis with the help of the SPSS application. The results showed that: 1) There was a significant influence between religiosity on emotional intelligence of MA Al-Huda students in Kediri City by 36.6 percent. 2) There is a significant influence between self-efficacy on emotional intelligence of MA Al-Huda students in Kediri City by 51.7 percent. 3) There is a significant influence between religiosity and self-efficacy on emotional intelligence of MA Al-Huda students in Kediri City by 55.1 percent. Abstrak: Kecerdasan emosi merupakan kemampuan seseorang dalam mengelola emosi secara bijak. Beberapa faktor yang berkaitan dengan kecerdasan emosi diantaranya adalah religiusitas dan efikasi diri. Efikasi diri merupakan kemampuan untuk menakar kekuatan yang dimiliki individu guna menyelesaikan tugas atau menghadapi masalah. Religiusitas merupakan proses yang terjadi antar sesama manusia dan manusia dengan tuhannya yang dibingkai dalam perilaku ibadah, aqidah dan sistem hidup. Kedua hal tersebut dapat mempengaruhi tingkatan kecerdasan emosional peserta didik. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji pengaruh religiusitas dan efikasi diri terhadap kecerdasan emosional siswa MA Al-Huda Kota Kediri. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan jenis korelasi ganda. Subjek sebanyak 62 siswa, penarikan sampel menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan angket dengan skala likert. Teknik analisi data menggunakan analisis regresi ganda dengan bantuan aplikasi spss. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa : 1) Terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan antara religiusitas terhadap kecerdasan emosi siswa MA Al-Huda Kota Kediri sebesar 36,6 persen. 2) Terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan antara efikasi diri terhadap kecerdasan emosi siswa MA Al-Huda Kota Kediri sebesar 51,7 persen. 3) Terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan antara religiusitas dan efikasi diri terhadap kecerdasan emosi siswa MA Al-Huda Kota Kediri sebesar 55,1persen.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of religiousity on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) mediated by organizational commitment in KSPPS BMD Syariah Madiun. The statistical analysis used includes the classical assumption test, hypothesis testing and path analysis. The results showed that religiosity had a positive effect on OCB, but did not have a positive effect on organizational commitment. Organizational commitment has a positive influence on OCB but has not been proven to mediate the relationship of religiosity and OCB. This study provides a new conclusion that organizational commitment is not a mediator of religiosity and OCB relations. Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh religiositas terhadap Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) dimediasi komitmen organisasional di KSPPS BMD Syariah Madiun. Analisis statistik yang digunakan meliputi uji asumsi klasik, uji hipotesis dan analisis jalur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa religiositas memiliki efek positif pada OCB, tetapi tidak memiliki efek positif pada komitmen organisasi. Komitmen organisasi berpengaruh positif pada OCB tetapi tidak terbukti memediasi hubungan religiositas dan OCB. Studi ini memberikan kesimpulan baru bahwa komitmen organisasi bukanlah mediator hubungan religiositas dan OCB

Fraudulent acts or ethical violations committed by staff or senior management can not only cause serious damage to the company's reputation and operations, but also lead to bankruptcy. According to the Corruption Perception Index and the level of internal ethical violations by staff or management in financial institutions (banks, insurance companies and others), Indonesia in 2018 ranked 90th out of 180 countries worldwide, which indicates the presence of such cases. Violations can occur due to the weaknesses in the internal control system and the low level of integrity of employees. Instead, high employee self-awareness and company motivation to report violations (internal whistle-blowing intentions) can significantly improve the situation. The purpose of the article is to examine the variables that affect the insurance company employees in Palembang when making a decision to whistleblowing (reporting fraud). The variables considered in this study are: attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control. The factor of religiosity in this study is used as a moderator. The sample of the study - 62 respondents, namely employees of insurance companies operating in the city of Palembang (Indonesia). The study results show that factors such as attitude and subjective norms influence the decisions of employees of insurance companies to report fraud. At the same time, the perceived behavioral control does not have a significant impact on the decision-making process. The religiosity of a person also does not affect both the studied variables (attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control) and the whistleblowing intentions.

The surefire way to achieve prosperity is entrepreneurship. In the digital era, there are almost no obstacles to starting a business. The only capital is creativity and courage. Anyone can open an online store, without having to open a physical store first, including women. Women business actors are identical to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Indonesia and Malaysia are countries that have a majority Muslim population. For a Muslim woman, success can be seen when she manages to build a sakinah family. Women's digital entrepreneurship offers flexibility between work and household matters. This study aims to analyze the important factors that help explain the success of Muslim women MSME entrepreneurs who use digital channels in marketing their products. The study was applied through a descriptive-qualitative approach, where the data were primary-based. The objectivity was applied to 103 informants obtained from several MSME communities randomly from Indonesia and Malaysia. We find that social capital is a relevant factor for entrepreneurial success among Muslim women MSME entrepreneurs, the form of social capital is the number of children. This finding supports the idea that Muslim women entrepreneurs who have fewer children tend to spend more time on their business than Muslim women entrepreneurs who have more children. Financial capital projected by income growth also affects success, although income growth is on a small scale. Self-efficacy due to internal factors originating from within MSME female entrepreneurs such as self-confidence and tenacity, they are successful in their business. Religiosity has a significant effect on the success of a Muslim woman entrepreneur.

Corruption is a behavior that cannot be socially or religiously justified. Interestingly, despite the corruption is prohibited in all religions in Indonesia, the index of corruption remains high as reported by the results of surveys of national and international institutions. Besides, research on this matter showed inconsistency in the relationships between religiosity and corrupt behavior. This research re-examined the relationship between religiosity and anti-corruption intentions and determined the moderating effect of gratitude as an intervening variable. Gratitude is one of the strongest religious values which is expected to reduce ones’ intention to do corruptions. The research was conducted using a correlational research design, involving 92 population in an educational foundation in Garut regency, West Java. Data were collected using the GRAT short form to measure gratitude and the Muslim Religiosity Scale (MRC) was employed to measure religiosity. Whereas, Anti-Corruption Intention Scale was used to measure the anti-corruption intention. The results of data analysis showed that religiosity and anti-corruption intentions were positively correlated (F= 154.1, p = .001, R2= .631), and gratitude moderated the increase in the relationship (R2= .668). Therefore, gratitude was regarded as an intervening variable that strengthened the correlation between religiosity and anti-corruption behavior by 3.7%.

Developing a training in religious pluralism to a young generation at a university level in Indonesia seems to work out as the university is a highly intentional agent of for that coaching. It is a place where its stakeholders, including its students, are inclined to bow to the academic tradition, and where the religious pluralism can be a subject that they study and practice. This process is a potential medium to reduce religious conflict and violence in the country. This paper found this dynamic at the Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta that perpetuates the religious pluralism by its well-organized academic programs, mainly by its discussions and dialogues. This university applies this training to perpetuate religious tolerance and social harmony among its administrative and teaching staff.

Dini içerikli obsesyon genellikle dindar bireylerde ortaya çıkan psikolojik bir rahatsızlıktır. Farklı dini yönelime sahip olan bireylerin; psikolojik rahatsızlıklardan farklı düzeylerde etkilendikleri de bilinmektedir. İlahiyat Fakültesi öğrencilerinin dini yönelim biçimleri ile dini içerikli obsesyon düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkiyi konu edinen bu makalede, bu ilişki cinsiyet, ekonomik durum ve mezun olunan lise türü gibi değişkenler üzerinden incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemi, 2018-2019 eğitim-öğretim yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesinde öğrenim gören toplam 195 (92: Erkek, 103: Kadın) öğrenciden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada, ‘Dini Yönelim Ölçeği’ ile ‘Penn Dinsel Obsesyonlar Envanteri’ kullanılmıştır. Değişkenler arası ilişkilerin belirlenmesi için frekans analizi, bağımsız örneklem t-test, tek yönlü varyans analizi ile Pearson korelasyon analizi uygulanmış ve SPSS 18 istatistik programı kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada; üniversite öğrencilerinin dışsal dini yönelim düzeyi ile dini içerikli obsesyon puanları arasında anlamlı yönde pozitif bir ilişki saptanmıştır.

Fraudulent acts or ethical violations committed by staff or senior management can not only cause serious damage to the company's reputation and operations, but also lead to bankruptcy. According to the Corruption Perception Index and the level of internal ethical violations by staff or management in financial institutions (banks, insurance companies and others), Indonesia in 2018 ranked 90th out of 180 countries worldwide, which indicates the presence of such cases. Violations can occur due to the weaknesses in the internal control system and the low level of integrity of employees. Instead, high employee self-awareness and company motivation to report violations (internal whistle-blowing intentions) can significantly improve the situation. The purpose of the article is to examine the variables that affect the insurance company employees in Palembang when making a decision to whistleblowing (reporting fraud). The variables considered in this study are: attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control. The factor of religiosity in this study is used as a moderator. The sample of the study -- 62 respondents, namely employees of insurance companies operating in the city of Palembang (Indonesia). The study results show that factors such as attitude and subjective norms influence the decisions of employees of insurance companies to report fraud. At the same time, the perceived behavioral control does not have a significant impact on the decision-making process. The religiosity of a person also does not affect both the studied variables (attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control) and the whistleblowing intentions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A journey to have community development in remote area from Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta. The unit analysis of this journal is a book with the same tittle published by Pusat Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PPM) UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta 2017. The objective of this study on this article were: the writers was describing the result of KKN program that already held from July 25th, 2017 until August 25th, 2017 in Rabak, Rumpin. However, the writers would like to explain the result of analysis using S.W.O.T analysis into the programs and the result will be described as descriptive qualitative and quantitative method. The results of this study indicate that the community development in village of Rabak has a very rich nature, especially its natural resources to farm, but the wealth that exist in the natural village of Rabak is not in line with its destructive nature management that has existed for a long time.

Abstract: The aim of this research is to find out the effect of religiosity and emotional intelligence to tawadhu in post-graduate students of UII. The hypothesis of this research is there is posotive correlation between religiousity and emotional intelligence with tawadhu. The subject of this research are 117 post-graduate students of UII. The questionnaire used in this research is Islamic Humility Scale, Religiousity Scale, and Emotional Intelligence Scale. Based on double-regression in SPSS version 16, there is a positive correlation between religiousity and emotional intelligence to tawadhu with signification value of 0,000 (p

The present research aimed to study the indivisible self-model of wellness in Iranian students based on a descriptive research design. Using multi age sampling, a group of total 582 students of Tehran universities 235 Male, 353 female) with age mean of 25 was selected. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the indivisible self-model of wellness fits the data well. The internal correlations confirmed the significant relationship between the components of indivisible self-model of wellness. The results of t-test revealed the significant difference only between genders. Results of this study showed that the indivisible self-model of wellness can be applied in Iranian culture to improve the wellness and can be integrated and correlated with local and Islamic patterns to find the best wellness model

The investigation sought to explore the spiritual-religious coping strategies applied by post-flood victims. A total of 14 respondents in Kelantan and Sarawak have been recruited in this investigation. The study has utilized the mixed-method design, specifically the exploratory sequential design. The analysis conducted has yielded that the spiritual-religious coping strategies (i.e. acceptance towards God’s provision, faith, and religious practices) are important aspects in coping with postflood situations. The application of the spiritual-religious coping strategies will enable those who are at risk of facing flood disaster to be better prepared in terms of managing and minimizing the psychological impacts of the disaster. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Conflict resolution on SARA requires pluralistic approaches. Hence, the presence of legal pluralism becomes a new approach to resolve the problem. This study is a qualitative research that convey three dimensions of legal pluralism, namely natural law, state law and society law. The study used secondary data, with primary and secondary legal materials obtained by documentation resources. Data were analyzed inductively, used the contemporary theories to produce more conceptual and general propositions for conclusions and recommendations. The result shows that there have been 8 cases on SARA conflict in Indonesia during the last three years. To solve these problems, religious leaders can use natural law approach to re-internalize religious values and tolerance. In addition, the government also should understand that those conflicts were a form of society law owing to discreditable law society and religious diversity. Therefore, non penal policy with persuasive appeals is needed to reduce the problems. However, penal policy through law enforcement should also be implemented as a form of state positivism law. In other words, state positivism law should go hand in hand with natural law and society law in order to reach the best decision based on moral and religious ethics as well as social values. *** Penyelesaian konflik SARA membutuhkan pendekatan-pendekatan yang plural. Oleh karena itu pluralisme hukum hadir sebagai pendekatan baru untuk menyelesaikan tersebut Penelitian ini adalah penelitian hukum dengan tradisi kualitatif yang berusaha mendialektikakan 3 dimensi dari legal pluralism, yaitu natural law, state law dan law society. Penelitian menggunakan data sekunder, dengan bahan hukum primer dan sekunder yang diperoleh dengan teknik dokumentasi. Data dianalisis secara induktif dengan menggunakan teori-teori yang ada untuk mem­produksi suatu proposisi yang umum, sehingga menghasilkan kesimpulan dan rekomendasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa telah terjadi 8 konflik SARA di Indonesia dalam 3 tahun terakhir. Untuk memecahkan masalah tersebut, para pemuka agama menggunakan pendekatan natural law untuk reinternaliasasi nilai-nilai keluhuran atas agama dan toleransi. Pemerintah seharusnya me­mahami bahwa konflik tersebut adalah bentuk society law karena tercederainya keragaman dan keberagamaan. Perlu kebijakan non penal dengan seruan-seruan persuasif agar persoalan serupa tidak lagi terjadi. Di sisi lain, kebijakan penal melalui penegakan hukum juga harus dilakukan, sebagai bentuk state positivism law. State positivism law harus mampu menggandeng natural law dan law society, agar diperoleh putusan terbaik yang berlandaskan nilai-nilai moral ethic religion dan nilai-nilai sosial kemasyarakatan.

The objective of this study is to find the evidence for the efficacy of Religiosity on spirituality workplace. The research conducted by measuring the effect of employee’s perspectives of leader’s islamic spiritual intelligence on employee emotional well-being which mediated by the quality of employee spiritual value. The data was collected from the employees of moslem small medium enterprises on cullinary industry in Surakarta. The 75 samples was analyzed by multivariate analysis (Path Analysis) using SPSS 18 Software Program.The Islamic spiritual intelligence is explained by the variables that reflect the Muhammad SAW characters: sidiq (truthfulness), amanah (trustful), tabliq, and fatanah (wisdom). From the empirical research reveal that the employee spiritual value significantly mediating the effect of sidiq and fatanah toward employee’s emotional wellbeing. Meanwhile the variable of amanah and tabliq has no significant effect to employee spiritual value and employee emotional wellbeing. Therefore the higher the islamic spiritual value of leader (sidiq and fatanah) the higher the spiritual value of employee and the better the quality of employee’s emotional wellbeing.

Movies as a cultural means has an important role in attaining cultural policy of a society. Cinema industry and its products – movies- as a cultural instrument for message transmitting have a noticeable role in performing goals of cultural policies of a society. One way of preserving and promoting the religious values in societies, is the transmission of religious symbols through the cultural media like movies. In this paper, based on Glack and Stark's religious dimensions, we determine the religiosity dimensions of audiences. Then we asked them to determine the religious affections of each film they watched. Therefore, using a survey from 533 audiences, 1593 questionnaire were attained in which responders scored their religiosity and the effectiveness of the movies they watched. The results revealed that the religiosity of respondent were moderate, while their religious knowledge were upper and their religious beliefs were lower than the moderate. The result showed that the average of religiosity of audiences in all components was midway but in the religious knowledge was stronger and in the religious beliefs was weaker than others. The average influence of audiences from movies showed that the greatest impact respectively were from creating a sense of spiritual, improving religious knowledge dimensions, tendency to referring to religion in doing daily tasks in life, improving their religious beliefs and tendency to doing religious rituals.

This study aims to know the relation between religiousity (X1) and psychological well being (Y), the relation between optimism (X2) and psychological well being (Y), as well as the relation between social support (X3) and psychological well being (Y) of students of MAN in the entire Malang city. This study was a non-experimental study with causal relationship study plan. The result of this research showed that there was a positive significant between X1 and Y, X2 and Y, X3 and Y; X1, X2, X3 had strong linear relation with Y; the influence of the three independent logical well being (Y), optimism (X2) dan psychological well being (Y), social support (X3) and psychological well being (Y) student of MAN se-Kota Malang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan religiusitas (X1) dan psychological well being (Y), optimis (X2) dan psychological well being (Y), social support (X3) dan psychological well being (Y) peserta didik MAN se-kota Malang. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah non experimental research dengan jenis penelitian causal relationship study. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ada hubungan positif signifikan antara X1 dan Y, X2 dan Y, X3 dan Y; X1, X2, X3 memiliki hubungan linear yang kuat dengan Y; pengaruh ketiga variabel independen psychological well being (Y), optimism (X2) dan psychological well being (Y), social support (X3) dan psychological well being (Y) peserta didik MAN se-Kota Malang.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan produk pembelajaran kontekstual matematika yang menekankan religiusitas peserta didik dan menghasilkan produk pengembangan pembelajaran kontekstual matematika yang menekankan religiusitas peserta didik yang valid, praktis, dan efektif. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian pengembangan. Pengembangan pembelajaran difokuskan pada Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran (RPP) dan juga pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran yang membantu keterlaksanaan model pembelajaran, yaitu buku panduan guru (BPG), lembar kerja siswa (LKS), dan lembar projek. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan produk pengembangan memenuhi kriteria valid yang dinyatakan oleh para dosen ahli, kepraktisan yang dilihat dari kepraktisan guru terhadap perangkat pembelajaran dan kepraktisan peserta didik terhadap pemanfaatan LKS, projek, dan penilaian diri, kriteria keefektifan yang dihasilkan oleh penilaian masing-masing LKS, observasi dan penilaian diri yang menghasilkan nilai (skor) tuntas. Oleh karena itu bisa disimpulkan bahwa pembelajaran kontekstual matematika yang menekankan religiusitas peserta didik memenuhi kriteria valid, praktis, dan efektif. Kata Kunci: model pembelajaran kontekstual matematika, religiusitas Development of Mathematics Contextual Learning Models on Junior High School at 9TH Grade Focusing on Students’ Religiousity Abstract The research aimed at developing mathematics contextual learning focusing on students’ religiousity, and producing effective, valid, and practical product on the development on mathematics contextual learning focusing on students’ religiousity. This study belongs to developmental research. The development of the learning focused on development procedure which produces development product, the development product consists of some education instruments such as lesson plan, guide book for teachers, students’ worksheets, and self assessment, and an assessment for development product which used research instruments. The results of the research showed the products meet the characteristic of valid by the experts, practical aspects from teacher practical sheets towards learning product and students practical sheet towards the product, and effective aspects that shown by the result of assessing students’ worksheets , observation sheet, and self assessment to students. Therefore learning contextual mathematics focusing on students religiousity was effective. It can be concluded that this research meet valid, practical, and effective criteria. Key words : mathematics contextual learning model, religiousity

Adolescents are so much in favor of media productions and they criticize its religious notions and TV productions has a great influence on making a true attitude towards spirituality and religion so possibility of influence Iranian religious Animation on the religious behavior of audiences was studied with use the role of schools in gathering homogeneous audience. This research was done on a number of students aged 12-18 in 8 different non- governmental schools, educational region 2 in Tehran. The research analyzed the examinees in 4 test groups and 4 control groups to observe the effect of religious animation on the students' religious behavior. Using pairing t-test, one sample t-test and variance analysis (ANOVA), the research examined the effect of age, gender and religious precedent in student's behavior. The findings prove that watching religious animation strengthens their religious behavior considering gender and religious precedent.

The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of religiousity to ethics of business in the RM. Padang in Malang. This type of research was the survey. The population was the owners of RM. Padang in Malang and the sampling technique was simple random sampling. This research used multiple regression linear method. The result indicated that simultaneously all independent variables had a positive and significant effect to dependent variable. Partially, ritual/syari’ah and consequential/akhlaq dimension had a positive and significant effect to ethics of business. Ideology and Intelectual dimension did not have a positive and significant effect to ethic of business. The most dominant dimensions of religiousity that influenced business ethics was the consequential/akhlaq.

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The robust association between religion and volunteering and education and volunteering can be interpreted in developmental terms as a function of socialization. Churches and schools instill attitudes that predispose the individual to volunteer. Data from two waves of the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (1995 and 2005) are used to test a hypothesis that generativity-a desire to leave a legacy by providing for the welfare of others-mediates the influence of both religion and education on volunteering. Structural equation models using multiple-imputed data to correct for attrition show that the influence of parental religiosity on volunteering in 2005 is partially explained by generativity in 1995 and that the influence of education on volunteering in 2005 is partially explained by generativity in 1995. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Role models can be highly influential in conveying ethical standards. This study investigates the influence various categories of role models have had on a population of over 1,600 undergraduate students in Texas, Oregon and Michigan. Those identifying clergy, boy scout leaders, friends and college advisors as role models exhibited less willingness to adopt questionable ethical behavior in negotation situations. Journalist and spouse role models tended to cause students to be more accepting of questionable behavior. Individuals with strong end-result and social contract ethical philosophies, as well as males and those who served in the military exhibited strong tendencies toward less than ethical behavior. Individuals with strong rule ethical philosophy, high levels of religiousity, and those with a cooperative attitude in negotiations tended to adopt higher ethical standards in negotiations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In analyzing the complex issue of religion, social science researchers require an operational definition aside from the logical and conceptual definitions of religion and religiousity. The operational definition is used for explanatory analysis and evaluation of religiousity by social surveys. Operational definition divides the general concepts of religion and religiousity into their parts (dimensions, factors, indicators) for experimental research and analysis purposes. In this work, the theoretical and experimental conceptions of religion and religiousity in Islam and social sciences are studied. The terms religion and religiousity were first conceptually defined based on the three dimensions of beliefs, emotions, and actions. Then, the factors of each dimension of religiousity were determined. Finally, in order to construct an indicator of religiousity, certain criteria have been presented for each of the factors based on Islamic teachings.