More recently, Yousef (2001) investigated the moderating impacts of the Islamic work ethic on
the relationships between organizational commitment and job satisfaction. It uses a sample of 425
Muslim employees in several organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The empirical results
indicate that Islamic work ethic directly affects both organizational commitment and job satisfaction,
and that it moderates the relationship between these two constructs. Results further reveal that national
culture does not moderate the relationship between the Islamic work ethic and both organizational
commitment and job satisfaction. Results also point out that support of the Islamic work ethic differs
across age, education level, work experience, national culture, organization type (manufacturing or
service) and ownership (private or public). Furthermore, empirical results suggest that there is a
positive and significant relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.