Bringing Work Back In Islamic Ethic

Possumah, Bayu Taufiq and Ismail, Abdul Ghafar and Shahida, Shahimi (2012): Bringing Work Back In Islamic Ethic. Published in: Journal Of Business Ethic No. ISSN 0167-4544 (7 February 2012)

Abstract

Religion and work are seldom discussed. The two have caused scholars to question the religion’s role with work. This paper reviews research on the integrate between religion and work by examining issues of concept, definition, measurement, and reviewing research that examines the relationship of work and religion with respect to: different times, types of people, organize human interactions and sources of knowledge. We then discuss the methodological requirement for reintegrating work studies into social institutional theory and indicate what the conceptual payoffs of such integration might be. These payoffs include breaking new conceptual ground, resolving theoretical puzzles and envisioning the nature of new social institutions.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Work Islam Ethic
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J8 - Labor Standards: National and International > J81 - Working Conditions; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets > J40 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A10 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining > J53 - Labor-Management Relations ; Industrial Jurisprudence; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J30 - General

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