Work ethic, religion and moral energy: the case of Turkish SME owner-managers
研究了宗教信念如何影响土耳其中小企业主管理者的职业道德，发现一种新的伊斯兰话语与穆斯林职业道德共同驱动创业，并表现为一种“道德能量”。
This paper explores the hitherto neglected issue of how religious beliefs influence the work ethic of Turkish SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) owner-managers. We draw on Weber’s notion of Lebensführung, which captures the manner of living one’s life, as a theoretical and explanatory lens and use this lens to explore how religious beliefs impact international HRM. The research is conducted among religious Muslim entrepreneurs, who show strong diaspora characteristics in their early emergence in 1990s. Based on qualitative research on Turkish entrepreneurs (SME owner-managers), we find that a new Islamic discourse – appearing as more liberal and pro market oriented – together with the Muslim work ethic, drive entrepreneurialism in Turkey. We demonstrate that the contemporary Muslim work ethic comprises a ‘moral energy’, which manifests itself variously as rational/secular, shared/communicated, and action-oriented driver for Muslim entrepreneurs, helping to sustain their entrepreneurial activities in the Turkish context.