The influence of Christian identity on SME owner-managers' conceptualisations of business practice

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 449-462

  Werner, Andrea ^a  

^a Institute of Business Ethics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business practice; Christianity; Discursive framing; Germany; Small to medium sized enterprises; Social psychology; Socio cultural identity; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649097969     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9896-8     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. B. Agle H. van Buren 1999 God and Mammon: The Modern Relationship Business Ethics Quarterly 9 4 563 582
2. Allport, G.: 1985, 'The Historical Background of Social Psychology. In G. Lindzey and E. Aronson. (eds.) Handbook of Social Psychology. Random House, New York, pp. 1-46
3. Atkinson, J.: 1988, 'Vocation. In S. Ferguson and D. Wright (eds.) New Dictionary of Theology. Intervarsity Press, Leicester, p. 711
4. Childs, J.: 1995, Ethics in Business: Faith at Work (Fortress Press, Minneapolis)
5. J. Clark L. Dawson 1996 Personal Religiousness and Ethical Judgments: An Empirical Analysis Journal of Business Ethics 15 359 372
6. Curran, J. and R. Blackburn: 2001, Researching the Small Enterprise (Sage, London)
7. T. Fort 1999 The First Man and the Company Man: The Common Good, Transcendence, and Mediating Institutions American Business Law Journal 36 391 435
8. Giddens, A.: 1984, The Constitution of Society (Polity Press, Cambridge)
9. P. Hall 1999 Social Capital in Britain British Journal of Politics 29 417 461
10. Harré, R., and G. Gillett: 1994, The Discursive Mind (Sage, London)
11. Hendry, J.: 2004, Between Enterprise and Ethics - Business and Management in a Bimoral Society (Oxford University Press, Oxford)
12. Herms, E.: 1991, Der religiöse Sinn der Moral. Unzeitgemä ße Betrachtungen zu den Grundlagen einer Ethik der Unternehmensfü hrung. In: H. Steinmann and A. Löhr (eds.) Unternehmensethik. Pöschl, Stuttgart, pp. 69-102
13. E. Kennedy L. Lawton 1998 Religiousness and Business Ethics Journal of Business Ethics 17 163 175
14. Lane, C.: 1992, European Business Systems: Britain and Germany Compared. In R. Whitley (ed.) European Business Systems - Firms and Markets in their National Contexts. Sage, London, pp. 64-97
15. K. Lee D. McCann M. Ching 2003 Christ and Business Culture: A Study of Christian Executives in Hong Kong Journal of Business Ethics 43 1/2 103 110
16. J. Longenecker J. McKinney C. Moore 2004 Religious Intensity, Evangelical Christianity, and Business Ethics: An Empirical Study Journal of Business Ethics 55 373 386
17. Mikolaski, S.: 1992, 'Holiness', in R. Harrison (ed.) Encylopedia of Biblical and Christian Ethics (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville), pp. 180-181 Ha
18. Nash, L.: 1994, Believers in Business. (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville)
19. Offe, C. and S. Fuchs: 2001, Schwund des Sozialkapitals? - Der Fall Deutschland. In: R. Putnam (ed.) Gesellschaft und Gemeinsinn - Sozialkapital im internationalen Vergleich. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, pp. 417-514
20. S. Roels 1997 The Business Ethics of Evangelicals Business Ethics Quarterly 7 2 109 122
21. L. Spence 1999 Does Size Matter? The State of the Art in Small Business Ethics Business Ethics - A European Review 8 3 163 174
22. Watson, T. and P. Harris: 1999, The Emergent Manager (Sage, London)
23. G. Weaver B. Agle 2002 Religiosity and Ethical Behaviour in Organizations: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Academy of Management Review 27 1 77 97
24. Webley, S.: 1999, Values Inherent in the Interfaith Declaration of International Business Ethics. In G. Enderle (ed.) International Business Ethics - Challenges and Approaches. The University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, pp. 96-108
25. Weick, K.: 1995, Sensemaking in Organizations (Sage, Thousand Oaks)