Muslim Work Ethics: Relationships with Religious Orientations and the Perfect Man (Ensān-e Kāmel) in Managers and Staff in Iran
Weber's association of a work ethic with Protestantism has been extended to religions, including Islam, more generally. Managers and staff in a bank and department store in Tehran responded to Muslim religiousness measures along with the multidimensional work ethics profile (MWEP). The MWEP is...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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MDPI
[2017]
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Religions
Année: 2017, Volume: 8, Numéro: 8, Pages: 1-12 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Iran
B Islam B multidimensional work ethics profile B religious orientations B Muslim perfect man (ensān-e kāmel) B work ethics |
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Résumé: | Weber's association of a work ethic with Protestantism has been extended to religions, including Islam, more generally. Managers and staff in a bank and department store in Tehran responded to Muslim religiousness measures along with the multidimensional work ethics profile (MWEP). The MWEP is a 7-factor instrument that records Weber's interpretation of work ethics. Intrinsic, extrinsic personal, and extrinsic cultural religious orientations predicted a higher work ethic. Two extrinsic cultural religious orientation factors exhibited especially strong connections with MWEP factors. The morality/ethics MWEP factor most consistently predicted Muslim commitments. Integrative self-knowledge and self-control served as empirical markers of an Iranian Muslim spiritual ideal called ensān-e kāmel or the perfect man. Both correlated positively with morality/ethics and with three of the four extrinsic cultural religious orientations. Managers scored higher than staff on morality/ethics, on the two characteristics of the perfect man, and on the three of four extrinsic cultural religious orientation factors. These data supported the existence of a Muslim work ethic. |
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ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Religions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel8080138 |