Islamic spiritual entrepreneurship-based management and its influence on madrasah management sustainability

Abstract

Madrasahs in Langkat Regency continue to face various institutional management challenges that affect their effectiveness and sustainability. The main problems lie in weak managerial functions and the suboptimal integration of spiritual values into madrasah management practices. This study aims to analyze the influence of Islamic Spiritual Entrepreneurship based management on madrasah governance. The research focuses on examining the contributions of Islamic values, the concept of work as worship, orientation toward the blessings of Allah SWT, honest behavior, and gratitude behavior to madrasah management. The study involved 300 madrasah administrators in Langkat Regency, including principals, teachers, and administrative staff. Data were collected through closed-ended questionnaires and limited interviews and were subsequently analyzed using structural modeling to examine the relationships among variables simultaneously. The findings indicate that honest behavior, the concept of work as worship, and orientation toward the blessings of Allah SWT have a positive and significant effect on madrasah management, whereas normative Islamic values and gratitude behavior do not show a significant influence. These results imply the importance of strengthening operational spiritual values that are internalized in managerial practices to support the sustainability of madrasah management.