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OverviewConversations about Calling explores management perspectives of the calling construct. Using Max Weber’s seminal work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, as a starting point, Myers seeks to enrich management perspectives of calling by integrating the contributions of other disciplines to the literature on calling. While the word 'calling' is casually used as shorthand for 'my ideal job', the calling concept has provoked deeper and varied interest among the secular and spiritual circles of both scholars and practitioners. Structured around the idea of four conversations, the book aims to promote a holistic examination of calling. Each conversation has a different focus, elucidating important dimensions of calling, and together they provide a truly comprehensive view. Part I of the book examines existing conversations in management, while part II explores calling across disciplines and eras, from the 1500s to the present. Finally, part III unifies all conversations in a comprehensive theory, then discusses its application and implications for practitioners and organizations. With a strong theoretical grounding, the book also incorporates practical applications supported by case studies. Anyone interested in ethics or management and spirituality will benefit from reading this book. Please visit www.conversationsaboutcalling.com to rate the book and write a review. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Valerie MyersPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780415507455ISBN 10: 0415507456 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 08 July 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Dr. Myers has done an excellent job of integrating and synthesizing disparate approaches to work as a calling across management and theological disciplines that do not usually interrelate. The book thus fills a unique niche in providing approaches to and examples of work as a calling across a variety of perspectives.'-Jerry Biberman, Professor of Management, University of Scranton, USA 'Work Ethics and Management: Exploring Perspectives on Calling challenges the prevailing paradigm of the business world that seems to have lost its moral and virtues-focused roots. Dr. Myers integrates historical perspectives, current theology and management theory to provide a new model of calling. I highly recommend this book to scholars, faith leaders, and business leaders who are seeking a deep and meaningful conversation about the role of callings in the workplace.'-Judi Neal, Ph.D., Director, Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, USA 'The ability to answer the question to what am I called? is foundational to the search for meaning at the interface between person and work. However we might understand vocation or calling, we are unlikely to have plumbed the construct's rich history across spiritual, psychological, sociological, and organizational perspectives. Here in one readable volume we are given access to this broader intellectual landscape. We are led by a wise guide who has assembled interdisciplinary wisdom providing entree to a full understanding of a lodestone construct critical to personal fulfillment.' - Andre Delbecq 'The meaning of work is surely one of the most significant issues of modern life - and one of the least discussed, in business schools or in public debate. Valerie Myers' book opens up a space for us all to talk about it through the idea of calling. Her wonderful book brings together a series of academic disciplines in a way that is reminiscent of classical sociological writing; and it represents everyday working voices in a way that Chicago social historians would be proud of. More than that, though, this book shows us how these various communities can speak to each other, and communicate across theoretical or cultural fences. Theory, history, contemporary working lives, and skilful writing are combined to show how a thoughtful academic book can take readers in new directions. This is a very useful book for anyone puzzled about the nature of work today, and I expect to use it in teaching and research for a long time to come.' - Scott Taylor <p> Dr. Myers has done an excellent job of integrating and synthesizing disparate approaches to work as a calling across management and theological disciplines that do not usually interrelate. The book thus fills a unique niche in providing approaches to and examples of work as a calling across a variety of perspectives. -Jerry Biberman, Professor of Management, University of Scranton, USA <p> Work Ethics and Management: Exploring Perspectives on Calling challenges the prevailing paradigm of the business world that seems to have lost its moral and virtues-focused roots. Dr. Myers integrates historical perspectives, current theology and management theory to provide a new model of calling. I highly recommend this book to scholars, faith leaders, and business leaders who are seeking a deep and meaningful conversation about the role of callings in the workplace. -Judi Neal, Ph.D., Director, Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, USA 'Dr. Myers has done an excellent job of integrating and synthesizing disparate approaches to work as a calling across management and theological disciplines that do not usually interrelate. The book thus fills a unique niche in providing approaches to and examples of work as a calling across a variety of perspectives.'-Jerry Biberman, Professor of Management, University of Scranton, USA 'Work Ethics and Management: Exploring Perspectives on Calling challenges the prevailing paradigm of the business world that seems to have lost its moral and virtues-focused roots. Dr. Myers integrates historical perspectives, current theology and management theory to provide a new model of calling. I highly recommend this book to scholars, faith leaders, and business leaders who are seeking a deep and meaningful conversation about the role of callings in the workplace.'-Judi Neal, Ph.D., Director, Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, USA Author InformationValerie L. Myers, PhD, is a faculty member at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business at Ann Arbor, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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