Enhancing Organizational Commitment through Islamic Organizational Culture and Islamic Work Ethic in Modern Pesantren: The Role of Kyai’s Transformational Leadership

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Saiful Falah, et. al.

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Modern Pesantren (Modern Islamic Boarding School) is the most complex Islamic educational institution since its' education system integrated various curricula. Besides, regarding kyai's significant role in modern pesantren development, kyai as pesantren leader is supposed to implement effective leadership. Therefore, this study explored the effect of kyai's transformational leadership in constructing Islamic organizational culture and Islamic work ethics and its implication on teachers' organizational commitment in modern pesantren. This study involved 128 teachers in Modern Pesantren Ummul Quro Al-Islami Bogor, selected through a simple random sampling. Data analysis used Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). The results found that Kyai's transformational leadership was ineffective in affecting teacher's organizational commitment directly. However, transformational leadership positively and significantly affected Islamic organizational culture and Islamic work ethics. Islamic organizational culture and Islamic work ethics also positively and significantly affected teachers' organizational commitment. This study also explored the indirect effects and found that kyai's transformational leadership positively and significantly affected teachers' organizational commitment mediated by Islamic organizational culture and Islamic work ethics. Therefore, kyai with a high level of transformational leadership can effectively enhance organizational commitment among teachers in modern pesantren by strengthening their Islamic organizational culture and Islamic work ethics.

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et. al., S. F. . (2021). Enhancing Organizational Commitment through Islamic Organizational Culture and Islamic Work Ethic in Modern Pesantren: The Role of Kyai’s Transformational Leadership . Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT), 12(6), 4994–5008. https://doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i6.8748
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