Work ethic, Gender and Social Class in an Islamic Society: A Case-study in Iran

Chanzanagh, Hamid Ebadollahi; Akbarnejad, Mahdi

doi:10.7763/ijssh.2012.v2.66

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“…The present investigation explored the possibility already supported in the research literature that Islam is among those religions (Abdi and Azizpour 2013;Akbarnejad and Chanzanagh 2011;Chanzanagh and Akbarnejad 2012;Feess et al 2014). Muslim religious traditions do seem to encourage a work ethic.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…38-39, emphasis added). Moreover, higher social classes would more likely include those who have been successful in business; and in Iran, higher social classes display higher MWEP scores (Chanzanagh and Akbarnejad 2012). The overall expectation, therefore, was that managers would score higher than the staff on the MWEP, the intrinsic and extrinsic personal religious orientations, all extrinsic cultural religious orientation factors, self-knowledge, and self-control.…”

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Muslim Work Ethics: Relationships with Religious Orientations and the “Perfect Man” (Ensān-e Kāmel) in Managers and Staff in Iran

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Abstract:Weber's association of a work ethic with Protestantism has been extended to religions, including Islam, more generally. Managers and staff in a bank and department store in Tehran responded to Muslim religiousness measures along with the multidimensional work ethics profile (MWEP). The MWEP is a 7-factor instrument that records Weber's interpretation of work ethics. Intrinsic, extrinsic personal, and extrinsic cultural religious orientations predicted a higher work ethic. Two extrinsic cultural religious orientation factors exhibited especially strong connections with MWEP factors. The morality/ethics MWEP factor most consistently predicted Muslim commitments. Integrative self-knowledge and self-control served as empirical markers of an Iranian Muslim spiritual ideal called ensān-e kāmel or the "perfect man." Both correlated positively with morality/ethics and with three of the four extrinsic cultural religious orientations. Managers scored higher than staff on morality/ethics, on the two characteristics of the "perfect man", and on the three of four extrinsic cultural religious orientation factors. These data supported the existence of a Muslim work ethic.

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Section: Work Ethics In Iranmentioning

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Section: Work Ethics In Iranmentioning

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Muslim Work Ethics: Relationships with Religious Orientations and the “Perfect Man” (Ensān-e Kāmel) in Managers and Staff in Iran

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“…For example, separate from analyses of generational differences, a number of studies investigate the relationship between work ethic and age, reporting mixed results (Boatwright and Slate 2002, Ghorpade et al 2006, Hill and Fouts 2005. Results also are mixed regarding the relationship between work ethic and other demographic characteristics, such as gender and education (Chanzanagh andAkbarnejad 2011, Meriac et al 2009). Additionally, rather than employ representative samples, these studies tend to rely on student responses, or focus on workers in a particular firm or sector.…”

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Work ethic in formerly socialist economies

Linz

Chu

2013

Journal of Economic Psychology

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“…Iran is a patriarchal society (Chanzanagh and Akbarnejad, 2012) and this is reflected in organisational culture and structure. Within Iran, there are ingrained societal beliefs about women’s place and position in society, much of this primarily seen as nurturing and supporting the family.…”

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Swimming against the current: Negotiating leadership challenges for women in Iran

Gilani

Rook

Razeghi³

et al. 2021

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The representation and progression of women in leadership roles is a global issue, but research insights on the enactment of leadership by women stem from a predominantly Western perspective. As leadership is inherently context-dependent, we focus on a specific ‘place’ of leadership enactment and provide a more situated and contextual understanding of the challenges women in Iran face in entering and enacting leadership roles. This study contributes to the understanding of leadership and place by considering the dynamics of place as occurring at multiple levels – societal norms (including religion), organisational and physical (including geographical). For this in-depth inductive study 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed through Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Through the intersection of different spheres of place particular challenges for women arise. The women within our study had to negotiate the complex dynamics of doing gender well and being seen to act in line with the normative conceptions of femininity with dominant masculine expectations of what leadership and how it should be done. While also women Western contexts are constrained and / or supported by cultural (national, societal and organisation) factors as well as place in a physical and geographical sense, the specific nuances in national and societal cultural norms and the ‘harsh’ physical environment in our study provide additional challenges for women to negotiate. This study affords female leaders in Iran a voice and extends previous work on the lived experiences of women in the Middle East and North Africa Region in the under-researched context of Iran.

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Work ethic, Gender and Social Class in an Islamic Society: A Case-study in Iran

Cited by 4 publications

References 20 publications

Muslim Work Ethics: Relationships with Religious Orientations and the “Perfect Man” (Ensān-e Kāmel) in Managers and Staff in Iran

Muslim Work Ethics: Relationships with Religious Orientations and the “Perfect Man” (Ensān-e Kāmel) in Managers and Staff in Iran

Work ethic in formerly socialist economies

Swimming against the current: Negotiating leadership challenges for women in Iran

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