Achieving Amil Zakat Performance Through Empowerment Programs: Evidence from Muhammadiyah Zakat Institution in DIY Province

Abstract

Empowerment become a new technique that makes employees proactive in improving employee performance. Thus, this research purpose to observe the appraisal of the Empowerment for employee in achieving Amil (Zakat Employee) Performance by mediating Islamic Job Satisfaction at the Muhammadiyah Zakat Institution (LAZISMU) in DIY. Additionally, it highlights a new perspective by delivering the specific determinants that impact Performance of Amil mediated by empowerment program from LAZISMU. This research used quantitative and survey approach. The research sample was selected through the purposive sampling technique and analyzed with the Partial Least Square. The research found that Empowerment programs by implementation of work meaningfulness, trust, authority can improve Performance of Amil LAZISMU in DIY. And the results of the indirect effect that job satisfaction can be influenced by the application of empowerment and in the end can improve Amil Performance. This research is expected to be of particular concern to zakat institutions, especially in the human resources to provide information about the importance of empowering Amil performance at the LAZISMU in DIY.