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Answering the call for a new theoretical approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), this paper makes a suggestion from a Weberian perspective. It briefly appraises the existing research on CSR and develops key points of a new approach based on their criticism. Suggesting that CSR is a...
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entering the profession in response to a calling is still relevant. This article draws together hitherto unconnected strands of … academics finds that almost all exhibit a calling orientation. However, their responses no longer correspond to the classical … calling orientation suggests that the internationalization of academic standards and procedures and the high level of …
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In recent times, the question about the proper essence of a Christian economic ethics has rarely been asked explicitly. However, the concept of a post-secular society, as presented by Jürgen Habermas, offers renewed access. The necessary foundation for this approach involves the relationship...
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Previous research on institutional change has concentrated on two types of explanations. On one hand, the dualism of path dependency and critical junctures has advanced our understanding of how institutional change occurs due to sudden exogenous shocks. On the other hand, more recent critiques...
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Commodities do not only serve the purpose of satisfying direct needs in the production and con-sumption process. Some of them can also be used to display social status and to affect the position of an individual in society. This paper addresses the question under which circum-stances...
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This article presents Max Weber as an economist and as a social scientist. Weber's relations to economics, philosophy and sociology are discussed. Max Weber has more in common with economists than it might seem at first sight. His principle of value neutrality has become the foundation of the...
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There has been much study of the consequences of economic freedom but, outside of the role of political institutions, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic freedom. Our cross-sectional dataset includes 137 countries...
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insight into this topic, this study examines the relationship between perceiving a calling and job satisfaction by actively … pursuing the calling. However, it has not yet been extensively analyzed how employees can convert the perception of a calling … their calling. Therefore, this study investigated the role of job crafting as moderator in the relationship between perceiv …
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This study aims to reveal the significance of self-compassion, job satisfaction, calling, and affective commitment in …-compassion and job satisfaction, calling, and affective commitment. Moreover, calling and affective commitment mediate the effect of …, their calling increases, then their affective commitment increases, and subsequently, their job satisfaction increases …
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This study aims to uncover Max Weber as a direct and indirect influence on Alexander Rüstow and Wilhelm Röpke and the emergence of ordoliberal socio-economic thought in the 1930s and 40s. Weber contributed to the German Kulturkritik of the early 20th century that shaped the academic and...
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