The impact of religiosity on self-employment. Issue 3 (8th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wijaya, Ibrahim Fatwa
• Is Part Of: Journal of enterprising communities. Volume 13:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 218
• Page End: 241
• Publication Date: 2019-07-08
• Subjects: Entrepreneurship -- Religiosity -- Self-employment -- Prayer; Industries -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Ethnic communities -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Community development -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.9105
• DOI: 10.1108/JEC-09-2018-0066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-6204

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: This paper aims to examine the relationship between religiosity based on the area with the number of self-employment in an area, i.e. city of Surakarta, Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach: The researcher conducted a survey in 67 mosques in Surakarta, Indonesia, to capture religiosity level based on the area. Spearman correlation approach has been selected to investigate the relationship between religiosity and self-employment. Findings: This study found that despite the female population being greater than male population in every district in Surakarta, on average, the number of female prayers were significantly less than male prayers either in Fajr or Maghrib prayer. In fact, the average number of Fajr prayers almost 50 per cent less than the average number of Maghrib prayers. Finally, the researcher found that the number of employees who work in the home industry is higher in the area that has a smaller gap on the number of Fajr and Maghrib prayers. Thus, the researcher might conclude that religiosity is positively associated with self-employment. Originality/value: To best of researcher's knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the relationship between religiosity level based on the area and self-employment. In addition, this study proposes a new methodology to measure Muslim's religiosity. All in all, this study tries to untangle the conflicting evidence on the impact of religiosity on the self-employment.