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Islam, Belief System and Organization

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Belief and Organization

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In much writing on management non-Western management styles and business practices may be dismissed with the discourse of ‘traditionalism’ or ‘underdevelopment’ or stigmatized as inconsistent with the requirements of business efficiency, as if that same ‘efficiency’ was pre-ordained outside of culture as a self-evident scientific truth. Said (1978) of course criticized as stereotypical many Western appropriations of Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim cultures and Progler develops this theme by arguing that

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  1. James Cook University, Australia

    Peter Case

  2. University of Essex, UK

    Heather Höpfl

  3. Universiteit voor Humanistiek, Netherlands

    Hugo Letiche

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Weir, D. (2012). Islam, Belief System and Organization. In: Case, P., Höpfl, H., Letiche, H. (eds) Belief and Organization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137263100_6

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