Description
Examines the alternative belief systems which contemporary organizational actors live by and through which they seek to find meaning within the dominant (neo)capitalist social order. This volume marks an attempt to move the study of belief forward within management and organization studies.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors Introduction; P.Case , H.Höpfl & H.Letiche Belief; A.Lingis Philosophy As Activity; H.Letiche & J.-L.Moriceau Buddhist Belief and Living Ethics: Challenging Business Ethics; P.Case & R.Brohm Organising a Buddhist Way; D.M.Hosking Islam, Belief System and Organization; D.Weir Catholicism: Incarnation and Remembrance of the Body; H.Höpfl Waging A War Against Oneself: Busy-ness, Contemplation and the Mystery of Being; D.Torevell Agency Without Agents: Exploring the Relationship Between Identity and Ethics; J.Roberts Trading Belief: Moments of Exchange; G.Lightfoot & S.Lilley Sustainability and the Spiritual Work Ethic; E.Bell , J.Cullen & S.Taylor Belief, Parrhesia and Practice; H.Letiche
