http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2025(X-IV).04
10.31703/gmsr.2025(X-IV).04
Published : Dec 2025
Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence
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<p style="text-align: justify;">In this article, the authors analyzed the continuing disjuncture between Islamic norms and human resource management practices in Muslim-majority nations. Despite growing academic interest in Islamic Human Resource Management, application of this management concept is limited due to institutional, cultural, and organizational constraints. This study compares HRM practices across different Muslim countries based on a thematic review of previous studies. The discussion is based on HRM functions and identifies general and context-specific issues influencing their conformity with Islamic values. Results showed that power distance is high, regulatory enforcement is weak, reliance on informal networks, and dominance of Western HRM models still restrict the institutionalization of IHRM. The article also adds to the global body of HRM literature by bringing together scattered findings on IHRM application and by suggesting a way forward to future empirical study that would be appropriate in comparative inquiry of HRM.</p>
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Islamic Human Resource Management, Comparative Hrm, Muslim Countries
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(1) Liaqut Ali
Professor, Department of Business Administration, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Ghulam Haider
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education, Government of Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Muzammil
PhD Scholar, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Cite this article
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APA : Ali, L., Haider, G., & Muzammil, M. (2025). Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence. Global Management Sciences Review, X(IV), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2025(X-IV).04
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CHICAGO : Ali, Liaqut, Ghulam Haider, and Muhammad Muzammil. 2025. "Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence." Global Management Sciences Review, X (IV): 45-58 doi: 10.31703/gmsr.2025(X-IV).04
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HARVARD : ALI, L., HAIDER, G. & MUZAMMIL, M. 2025. Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence. Global Management Sciences Review, X, 45-58.
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MHRA : Ali, Liaqut, Ghulam Haider, and Muhammad Muzammil. 2025. "Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence." Global Management Sciences Review, X: 45-58
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MLA : Ali, Liaqut, Ghulam Haider, and Muhammad Muzammil. "Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence." Global Management Sciences Review, X.IV (2025): 45-58 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Liaqut, Haider, Ghulam, and Muzammil, Muhammad (2025), "Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence", Global Management Sciences Review, X (IV), 45-58
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TURABIAN : Ali, Liaqut, Ghulam Haider, and Muhammad Muzammil. "Challenges and Paradoxes in Implementing Islamic Human Resource Management Practices: Cross-Country Evidence." Global Management Sciences Review X, no. IV (2025): 45-58. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2025(X-IV).04