Spirituality, Religiosity and Economic Performances of Muslim Micro Entrepreneurs

This study assessed the impact of spirituality and religiosity on economic performance of micro-entrepreneurs. To achieve this objective, this study distributed survey to 400 Muslim micro-entrepreneurs. In this study, the spirituality is measured by using Islamic version of Spiritual Well Being (SWB) Scale while religiosity is measured by using Religiosity of Islam (RoI) Scale. The data were analyzed by using Multiple and Logistic Regressions. This study found that micro-entrepreneurs who own higher spirituality level in general are wealthier than thus who have lower spirituality level. However, it is religiosity that play significant role in enhancing micro entrepreneurs economic performance. These findings implicate that both variables can be utilized as materials of capacity building provided to micro-entrepreneurs in order to assist them to improve their business performance and to alleviate them out of poverty.