An Empirical Investigation on Religious Diversity Practices at Malaysian Private and Public Sectors

Marhanum Che Mohd Salleh1*, Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod2, Azmi Bin Harun2, Azizah Mohd2, Noor Azlan B. Mohd Noor3, & Rahmawati Binti Mohd Yusoff4
1 Department of Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia
2 Department of Civil Law, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
4 Department of Law, University Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Segamat, Johor, Malaysia.

DOI – http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2021.4504

Abstract

This research investigates religious diversity practices at the Malaysian public and private sectors. Among the important aspects that have been examined are company policy, dress code, religious symbols or artifacts, recruitment, promotion, training, religious observances, and facilities. Quantitative methodology is adopted to achieve the research objective where a total of 759 employees from both public and private sectors are surveyed. Based on statistical analyses performed in this research (descriptive and factor analysis), religious freedom is practiced in most of the public and private sector workplaces in Malaysia with a multicultural and multi-religious society. Results of this study may indicate that there were no issues of religious discrimination among workers of public and private sectors in Malaysia. As this research is conducted from the workers’ perspective, there is always scope of further research on the same matter from the employers’ point of view.

Keywords: Religious Diversity, Malaysia, Survey, Private and Public Sectors, Factor Analysis.

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Works Cited

Marhanum Che Mohd Salleh, Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod , Azmi Bin Harun, Azizah Mohd, Noor Azlan B. Mohd Noor, & Rahmawati Binti Mohd Yusoff. (n.d.). An Empirical Investigation on Religious Diversity Practices at Malaysian Private and Public Sectors. International Journal of Scientific and Management Research, 04(05), 80-96. doi:http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2021.4504

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