TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding religious diversity in management
AU - Cohen, Adam B.
AU - Barbour, Joseph E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Adam B. Cohen (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Associate Professor of psychology at Arizona State University, USA. His research focuses on the cultural psychology of religion. He is the author of about 80 published articles and chapters, and the editor of Culture Reexamined (published by the American Psychological Association). He currently serves as associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He was the 2009 Margaret Gorman early career award winner from the American Psychological Association and the 2013 Godin prize winner from the International Association for the Psychology of Religion. He is a fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, and his research has been funded by DARPA, AFOSR, NSF, and the Templeton Foundation. He is increasingly interested in bringing the study of religion into the field of management. email: Adam.Cohen@asu.edu Joseph E. Barbour is a graduate student of social psychology at Arizona State University. Broadly, his research interests include cultural identity, cultural transitions, and identity-based decision making. He examines these phenomena in both national culture and non-national forms of culture (e.g., religious culture, institutional culture) and generally focuses on questions that carry implications for management and marketing. Much of his work has investigated issues surrounding the military culture and the military-civilian transition. He has participated in research projects funded by the Department of Defense and the Department of the Army. email: jebarbou@asu.edu
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PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Can managers afford to be oblivious to the religious commitments of their employees, or is religion an important factor in management? Are all religions the same, or is religion an important form of diversity that managers need to take into account? This article explains why managers need to know about how members of different religions, owing to their different cultural environments and upbringing, come with different motivations, morals, and identities, and makes the case for greater attention in management to the topic of religion.
AB - Can managers afford to be oblivious to the religious commitments of their employees, or is religion an important factor in management? Are all religions the same, or is religion an important form of diversity that managers need to take into account? This article explains why managers need to know about how members of different religions, owing to their different cultural environments and upbringing, come with different motivations, morals, and identities, and makes the case for greater attention in management to the topic of religion.
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SN - 2474-2376
VL - 2
SP - 136
EP - 141
JO - Rutgers Business Review
JF - Rutgers Business Review
IS - 1
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