The study aims to determine the effect of the humanistic management style of administrators on the counterproductive work behaviour of employees. To deepen the understanding of the concepts and to establish the theories of the study, literature was reviewed. The study used descriptive assessment...

"The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book,...

"The models in mainstream game theory generally assume that actors act according to a single, consistent utility function. Empirical studies, common sense, and humanistic wisdom all suggest that that assumption is too simple. This book starts with an assumption that actors are controlled by...

"This book aims at exploring the reception of critical posthumanist conversations in the context of Management and Organization Studies. It constitutes an invitation to de-centre the human subject and thus an invitation to the ongoing deconstruction of humanism. The project is not to deny humans...

"Skilfully analysing the challenges posed by management practices to the human condition, Jean-François Chanlat examines the sociological evolution of modern management. This book acts as a crucial pedagogical guide to the history and essence of managerial operations. This book presents a...

This Article rejects arguments by Christian leaders, scholars, and others who lament the secularization of the West and urge Christian dignity as the foundation of universal human rights. It argues instead that only a secular conception of dignity free of Christian metaphysics can create an...

We identify an important feature of current digital governance systems: “third-party funded digital barter”: consumers of digital services get many digital services for free (or underpriced) and in return have personal information about themselves collected for free. In addition, the digital...

This paper models the tradeoffs between education in secular subjects, formal and informal, and the formation of religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular education. Applications include the tension between science and...

Introduction -- Part 1 -- Humanism and the cooperative enterprise – theoretical foundations -- Parsing dignity for organizations -- Cooperative governance in context -- Part 2 -- Humanism and democracy in worker cooperatives -- Democratic cooperative governance: understanding the roles of the...

"With AI, cryptocurrency, and more in the news, it seems that being an entrepreneur means being in IT, but humanities graduates are launching new businesses every day, turning a profit and having social impact. This book explores how a humanities background can enable entrepreneurs to thrive....

Why has responsible management been so difficult and why is the chorus of stakeholders demanding such responsibility getting louder? I argue that management learning has been framed within the narrative of economism. As such, I claim that managers need to be aware of the paradigmatic frame of...

"In The Struggle for Development and Democracy Alessandro Olsaretti argues that we need significantly new theories of development and democracy to answer the problem posed by neoliberalism and the populist backlash, namely, uneven development and divisive politics. This book proposes as a first...

"Based on the importance of human being as creator and manager of knowledge towards the achievement of sustainability in the current digital age, this book is an effort to expose many studies taking the individuals as centers of knowledge and starting points for environmental, social and...

"The Global Foundations of Public Relations: Humanism, China and the West explores the growing humanistic turn in public relations processes and proposes that this has compelling parallels in the roots of Chinese philosophies. As the leader of growth and power across the Pacific Rim, public...

In this paper we first outline the currently dominant narrative that guides management theory: the economistic narrative driven by the answers to the ontological and teleological questions which are provided by the social sciences. We then outline a humanistic narrative which provides different...

Why has responsible management been so difficult and why is the chorus of stakeholders demanding such responsibility getting louder? We argue that management learning has been framed within the structural confines of corporate governance. Corporate governance in turn has been developed within...

Why has responsible management been so difficult and why is the chorus of stakeholders demanding responsibility getting louder? We argue that management has been framed within the structural confines of corporate governance. Corporate governance in turn has been developed within the frame of...

Humanistic Management is a notion used for organizing practices that protect dignity and promote well-being and human flourishing within the planetary boundaries (Mele 2003, Mele 2009, Dierksmeier 2015). The cornerstones of dignity, well-being, and flourishing differentiate humanistic management...

"This book addresses the role of religious reformers in the development of poor relief in the sixteenth century. During the Reformation, religious leaders served as catalysts, organizers, stabilizers, and consolidators of poor relief programs to alleviate poverty. Although once in line with the...

"This book is a reaction to the reductionist and exploitative ideas dominating the mainstream contemporary management discourse and practice, and an attempt to broaden the horizons of possibility for both managers and organization scholars. It brings together the scholarly fields of humanistic...

This chapter argues that management research should dedicate itself to understanding managerial practices that improve the world. The overarching question for humanistic management research is how organizational practices can be transformed to protect and promote human dignity and, ultimately,...

Humanistic management represents a paradigm shift and therefore does not only impact the way academics do research, practitioners practice business, and educators teach, but also how civil society and the political system create overall support structures. What some call the creation of...

When you enter my business school, a Jesuit business school, the first thing you see is a trading room. It gives visitors the impression that finance is at the heart of business education and that trading is the most important business skill. Unsurprisingly, the standard business program the...