@article{article_327303, title={A WEBERIAN APPROACH TO TURKISH ENTREPRENEURSHIP}, journal={Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={18}, pages={377–391}, year={2000}, author={Arslan, Mahmut}, keywords={Weber,work ethic,entrepreneurship,İslam,Protestantism,Catholicism}, abstract={<p> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#000000;" xml:lang="en-us"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#000000;" xml:lang="en-us">This paper discusses Weberian criticism of
non-Protestant societies in </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:105%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#000000;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#000000;" xml:lang="en-us">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 </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:105%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#000000;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#000000;" xml:lang="en-us"> <span>  </span>oriental despotism, warrior ethic, and Sufısm. </span> </span>                                                                                 <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#000000;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Hacettepe University}