Muslims’ View of God as a Predictor of Ethical Behaviour in Organisations: Scale Development and Validation

While there is a widespread acceptance of the link between religiosity and ethics, there is less certainty how this influence occurs exactly, necessitating further
research into these issues. A main roadblock to our understanding of this influence from an Islamic perspective is the absence of a validated measurement tool. The purpose of this study therefore is to develop a Scale of Muslims’ Views
of Allah (SMVA). This article discusses how the SMVA was developed through the following five steps: (1) establishment of content and face validity; (2) application of a cognitive interviewing technique to pretest the SMVA with sixteen participants; (3) pilot testing of the SMVA with twelve participants;
(4) administration of the SMVA online to marketing and management professionals (n = 472) via a multistage cluster sampling process to verify the scale’s reliability and validity; and (5) testing criterion-related validity. The
results showed that the newly constructed 13-item scale had adequate psychometric properties. Finally, the implications for organisations, limitations and future research are discussed.