RT Article
T1 The Islamic Work Ethic and the Emergence of Turkish SME Owner-Managers
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 88
IS 1
SP 211
OP 225
A1 Uygur, Selçuk
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785635166
AB The aim of this study is to explore the influence of religious beliefs on the work-related attitudes of Turkish SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) owner-managers. In this research, the emergence of pious or devout business people is considered as a phenomenon, and special attention is paid to religious transformation and secularism in Turkey. Both concepts, religion and secularism, are considered within the Turkish context. For the research, in-depth interviews were conducted with 32 Turkish business people from religious and secular backgrounds, respectively. The study investigates the so-called “Islamic work ethic” values and Islamic business principles from a critical perspective and argues that they do not seem to be as significant factors as predicted in the emergence of pious or devout business people in Turkey.
K1 Work Ethic
K1 Weber
K1 Turkey
K1 the theory of structuration
K1 SME
K1 Secularism
K1 Islam
DO 10.1007/s10551-009-0107-z