Purpose – This paper aims to investigate consumerism and consumer ethics and the relationship between the two concepts. Design/methodology/approach – About 500 questionnaires are distributed to students at two universities in the United Arab Emirates. Frequency distribution and one‐way...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand values of family firms, which have progressed to the second or third generation and to reveal similarities in basic values of the firms, which have continued to be successful. Design/methodology/approach – The research was realized with...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Islamic bank margin (BM) and its determinants. It also compares the BM behavior of Islamic and conventional banks in the Indonesian dual banking system. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a time series...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency scores and Malmquist productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia, an economy that is heavily dependant on the hydrocarbon sector. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts the...

Purpose – The work‐family interface has received considerable attention during the past two decades but inconsistent findings have been reported. Reasons for this include the use of different work‐family conflict (WFC) measures, samples, outcomes, and countries and cultures. Carlson et al....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain three additional parameters, namely maqasid al‐Shariah , financial reporting, and legal documentation of contract for determining Shariah legitimacy of financial instruments in Islamic financial institutions. Currently, contract ( 'aqd ) is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess liquidity risk management (LRM) practices in Indonesian Islamic banking industry during the period 2000‐2007. Design/methodology/approach – The paper constructs the LRM index (100 scale) which is composed of individual index of asset side;...

Purpose – This paper describes a scheme which aims to alleviate rural poverty by providing small and microinvestment to the agricultural and rural sector for generating employment and to raise the income of the rural poor. Design/methodology/approach – To assess the impact of rural...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether any discrepancy exists between the corporate social activities disclosed in the annual reports of Islamic banks and the corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure index which has been developed based on the Islamic business ethics...