Malaysian Muslim women: an empirical study on principal virtues of temperance and need satisfaction

• Main Authors: Dani, Noor Aina, Abd. Rahman, Azlinda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zes Rokman Resources 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63980/1/Malaysian%20Muslim%20women%20an%20empirical%20study%20on%20principal%20virtues%20of%20temperance%20and%20need%20satisfaction.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63980/; http://jesoc.com/issue/volume-1-june-2015/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This study was concerned with examining the framework of Al-Ghazali’s philosophical virtues of temperance and Alderfer’s theory of human needs as evident in the practices of Malaysian Muslim women. The study were conducted by a questionnaire with fifty employees at several job levels from a faculty. The questionnaire items were marked according to the respondent preferences. It is found that there is a significant correlation between Al-Ghazali’s philosophical virtues of temperance and Alderfer’s theory of need satisfaction (existence, relatedness, and growth). The result of the study post a potential contribution to women’s studies. Al-Ghazali’s classification of philosophical virtues in Islam and Alderfer’s categorization of human needs can be established as alternative theories in understanding the priorities in women’s needs.