The concept of work as a calling has the potential to provide unique and powerful insights into how individuals relate to their work and organizations. However, although this concept may be one of the oldest in the study of work—harking back to the Protestant Reformation—its impact on...

Purpose We believe that management and strategy scholars should engage in research around the role of informal economic activity in the perpetuation of poverty on the African continent. Design/methodology/approach We argue that the study of informal economic activity, because of its explicit and...