International Review of Management and Marketing ISSN: 2146-4405 available at http: www.econjournals.com International Review of Management and Marketing, 2020, 10(4), 31-34. International Review of Management and Marketing | Vol 10 • Issue 4 • 2020 31 Investigating the Nexus between Islamic Work Ethics and Organization Citizenship Behavior Ayesha Mushtaq*, Tahira Nisar, Hafz Fawad Ali Institute of Business Administration, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. *Email: ayeshamushtaq754@gmail.com Received: 17 April 2020 Accepted: 20 June 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/irmm.9844 ABSTRACT The basic purpose of this research is planned to measure the Islamic Work Ethics (IWE) level and level of Organization Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in workers of banks of Lahore. It additionally investigated relationship between level of IWE and OCB. This study used the sample of three hundred employees from the banks of Lahore. For information gathering, the questionnaire was adopted, and results of the research demonstrated the level of IWE in Islamic bank’s workers is high than other banks such as conventional, private and government banks. OCB level among Islamic bank’s workers is high than the private, conventional and government bank. The results likewise demonstrated that the relationship between OCB and IWE is signifcantly positive. This research may improve the understanding of the people, employees and managers of banks about the understanding of the relationship between level of IWE and OCB. Keywords: Organization Citizenship Behavior, Islamic Work Ethics, Islamic Bank JEL Classifcations: M19 1. INTRODUCTION The employees assumed to be an essential part of the organization. The devotion and endeavours of an employee for work are mandatory for the high functioning of the organization. This can be possible when the employees demonstrated the obligation for work and also esteemed the work ethics. Therefore, it has been imperative to explore the level of organizational citizenship behaviour and Islamic work ethics (Yousef, 2000; 2001). Over the recent few years, the organizations were attempting to manage the questionable conduct of employees that made the awkward condition for others to work in it. Unluckily, it is challenging to fnd the practices in the organization of Pakistan, which are grounded on the teachings of Islam. There is an absence of methods based on the teachings of Islam in the organization of Pakistan. There is a restricted usage of laws of Islam in Pakistan (Tufail et al., 2016). Ethics are generally indicated as the ethical values, and these moral values directed an individual in making a difference about wrong and right. It has to be the obligation of every Muslim to take after the Islamic standards. In this manner, Muslims are urged by the work ethics of Islam to perform the work activities sincerely that contribute to organization’s development and general public’s prosperity (Haroon et al., 2012). Organ (1988) characterized the OCB conduct that appeared by the workers willingly. This isn’t an aspect of the responsibilities of employees. This conduct is rehearsed by workers to make a decent impression of the organization. OCB, as a total, contributed altogether in the execution of an organization (Middleton, 1999). Workers occupied with OCB at the time when organization gave various chances to workers to accomplish their objectives, and the employees got gratefulness for that commitment with an organization (Lawrence et al., 2012). Turnipseed (2002) established a principle that people who scored high in moral esteem and also gave high inclination for moral This Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License