Integrated Waqf Information Governance and Institutional Performance: Mediating Roles of Achievement Culture and Competence in Malaysia

Norazmila Yusuf; Mohd Nasir Ismail; Yuslina Yusoff; Khadijah Abd Rahman

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v10iSI37.7627

Authors

Norazmila Yusuf Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies , University Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Machang , Kelantan, Malaysia
Mohd Nasir Ismail Faculty of Business and Management,University Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia
Yuslina Yusoff Faculty of Information Science,University Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia
Khadijah Abd Rahman Faculty of Business and Management,University Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v10iSI37.7627

Keywords:

waqf, information governance, achievement culture, management competence, institutional performance

Abstract

Waqf is an important tool for socio-economic development including for the education, health, and welfare of the society. However, its full potential is limited by governance and data management. The proposed model suggests that a structural model exists between internal factors (religiosity, monitoring, investment management, Shariah compliance) and institutional performance through integrated waqf information governance as mediated by achievement culture and management competence. The direct and indirect effects will be tested through a quantitative survey of waqf managers using PLS-SEM. The expected implications are that institutional performance would improve with the implementation of information integration, facilitated by an integrated results-oriented culture and skilled data handlers. The goal of this paper is to rigorously define the proposed model and its empirical validation methodology. More specifically, the purposes are: (1) to construct a digital governance gap in Malaysian waqf management; (2) to propose research hypotheses underpinned by the RBV and institutional theory; and (3) to sketch out for PLS-SEM for validation. The research advocates and supports ethical digitisation based on maqasid Shariah.

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