Werner, A.

The influence of Christian identity on SME owner-managers' conceptualisations of business practice

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Werner, A. 2008. The influence of Christian identity on SME owner-managers' conceptualisations of business practice. Journal of Business Ethics. 82 (2), pp. 449-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9896-8

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Title	The influence of Christian identity on SME owner-managers' conceptualisations of business practice
Authors	Werner, A.
Abstract	This paper reports on the findings of a qualitative study to understand how active adherence to the Christian faith influences the way SME owner–managers conceptualise their business practices. The study was based on in-depth interviews with 21 Christian SME owner–managers in Germany and the UK. Using a sociopsychological approach, the data analysis yielded a range of linguistic and conceptual resources that are peculiar to Christian discourse and that have the potential to influence business activity in rather distinctive ways. This paper particularly focuses on those Christian concepts that could be regarded as distinct ‘frames’ for action. It outlines what effect these concepts had on the respondents and how they were related to business practices. The paper also discusses how this study could inform further research into the influence of other socio-cultural forms of identity on economic actors’ conceptualisations of their own practice.
Keywords	business practice; Christianity; discursive framing; Germany; small- to medium-sized enterprises; social psychology; socio-cultural identity; UK
Research Group	Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics group
Publisher	Springer
Journal	Journal of Business Ethics
ISSN	0167-4544
Electronic	1573-0697
Online	26 Aug 2008
Print	Oct 2008
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Deposited	06 Feb 2009
Accepted	01 Jun 2008
Submitted	01 Jan 2008
Output status	Published
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9896-8
Web of Science identifier	WOS:000259910600013
Language	English

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