Conversations About Calling - Advancing Management Perspectives

Zusatztext 103019547 Informationen zum Autor Valerie L. Myers, PhD, is a faculty member at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business at Ann Arbor, USA. Klappentext Conversations About Calling explores management perspectives on the concept of a calling to work. Using Max Weber's seminal book, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, as a starting point, Myers seeks to enrich management perspectives on calling by integrating the contributions of other disciplines to the literature. Zusammenfassung Conversations About Calling explores management perspectives on the concept of a calling to work. Using Max Weber’s seminal book, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, as a starting point, Myers seeks to enrich management perspectives on calling by integrating the contributions of other disciplines to the literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface 1. Conversations about Calling I. Management Conversations About Calling, 1980-2012 2. Secular-Individualistic Calling 3. Transcendent Calling 4. Sacred Calling 5. Calling in the Iron Cage II. Other Conversations About Calling 6. Practitioner Perspectives (1980-2012): The Essence of Calling 7. Case Example: Unthinkable 8. Practitioner Perspectives (1980-2012): Calling in Business 9. Ideologies & Industrialism (16th to 21st Centuries) III. Connecting Conversations in Theory and Practice 10. A Cross-cultural Theory of Calling 11. Case Study: Not Your Average Working Joe 12. Cultivating Calling in Emerging and Established Adults

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Myers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415507455
• ISBN: 978-0-415-50745-5
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Business & Economics / General, Economics, RELIGION / Spirituality, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, Organizational theory & behaviour, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Sociology: work & labour, Organizational theory and behaviour, RELIGION / Christian Living / Professional Growth, Sociology: work and labour