Kavas, M., Jarzabkowski, P. and Nigam, A. (2020) Islamic family business : the constitutive role of religion in business. Journal of Business Ethics, 163 (4). pp. 689-700. ISSN 0167-4544
Abstract
Religion has significantly influenced societies throughout history and across the globe. Family firms—particularly those operating in strongly religious regions—are more likely to be subject to the influence of religion. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which religion affects business activities in family firms. We study how religion impacts business activities through a qualitative study of two Anatolian-based family firms in Turkey. We find that religion provides a dominant meaning system that plays a key role in constituting business activities through three mechanisms: (1) family imports religious practices as business practices; (2) family adheres to religious values as a rationale for business actions; and (3) family religious values define business taboos by avoiding the evil eye. These mechanisms highlight how religion becomes a source of well-understood business practices, how religion defines the nature of rationality that guides business activities, and how religious taboos can delimit the range of potential business activities, respectively.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Springer Nature B.V. |
Keywords: | Religion; Islamic practices; Family businesses; Integration of religion and business |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2021 06:21 |
Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2021 06:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10551-019-04384-5 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179500 |