Anang Kistyanto, Rahman Muhammad Fajar Wahyudi, Budiono, Tegar Yudha Pratama, Bima Yatna Anugerah Ramadhani
Islamic banking in Indonesia, particularly in the state-owned enterprise sector, faces the challenge of creating a healthy, ethical, and Islamic-based work environment to support employee career development. In this context, benevolent political will plays a crucial role as a political force based on moral values and virtue, which can influence employee career growth prospects. This study aims to examine the influence of benevolent political will on career growth prospects and the mediating role of personal initiative paradox and moderation of Islamic human capital on employees in the state-owned Islamic banking sector in Indonesia. This study uses a quantitative approach using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with the SmartPLS 4 application. The sample of this study was 250 respondents from state-owned Islamic banking employees in Indonesia. The research findings indicate that benevolent political will has a positive effect on career growth prospects, personal initiative paradox mediates the relationship between benevolent political will and career growth prospects, and Islamic human capital strengthens the relationship between benevolent political will and career growth prospects on employees in the state-owned Islamic banking sector in Indonesia. This research contributes to the human resource management literature and supports the career development of employees in the Islamic banking sector in Indonesia. Specifically, this is the first study in the context of career growth of employees in the state-owned Islamic banking sector in Indonesia that examines benevolent political will, career growth prospects, the personal initiative paradox, and Islamic human capital. This study is also the first to integrate self-determination theory, signaling theory, and social cognitive theory, revealing personal initiative as a mechanism that can link benevolent political will with career growth prospects, which is strengthened by the role of Islamic human capital. © Copyright (c) 2025 The Authors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia; Department of Digital Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
