The elevation of work: Pastoral power and the new age work ethic

Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-349

  Bell, Emma ^a   Taylor, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; New Age management; Pastoral power; Protestant ethic; Workplace spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037794271     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508403010002009     Document Type: Review

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