A WEBERIAN APPROACH TO TURKISH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Year 2000, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 377 - 391, 31.12.2000

Mahmut Arslan

Abstract

This paper discusses Weberian criticism of
non-Protestant societies in the
light of a recent cross-cultural research comparing Protestant, Catholic, and
Muslim managers. 'The higher levei of Protestant work ethic characteristics of
Muslim Turkish managers was anaiysed in tems of  Weber's criticism. Weber argued
that Islamic societies were not able t0 develop the spirit of capitalism
because of the negative consequences of  oriental despotism, warrior ethic, and Sufısm.                                                                                

Keywords

Weber, work ethic, entrepreneurship, İslam, Protestantism, Catholicism

References

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