‘Doing Belief’: British Quakers in the Twenty-First-Century Workplace

Mark John Read

doi:https://doi.org/10.3828/quaker.2019.24.1.7

‘Doing Belief’: British Quakers in the Twenty-First-Century Workplace

Author(s):

Mark John Read (see profile)

Date:

2019

Group(s):

Religious Studies, Sociology, Utopian Studies

Subject(s):

Organizational sociology, Religion, Associations, institutions, etc.--Sociological aspects, Religion--Social aspects, Work--Sociological aspects

Item Type:

Article

Tag(s):

Organisational Change, work, Organization theory, Sociology of organizations, Sociology of religion, Sociology of work

Permanent URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/1kj4-zm57

Abstract:

Quakers enjoy their work. They tend to work in places which share their ambitions to make the world a better place. But how do Quakers respond when things go wrong? What we find is that the work organisation sets out the terms upon which Quakers try to improve the world. Quakers generally accept these terms. But when Quaker and work horizons diverge, it is the organisation's terms which prevail.

Notes:

The first outcome from my PhD, this article initiates my ideas work, religion and boundaries in everyday life. More to follow...

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Pub. DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3828/quaker.2019.24.1.7

Publisher:

Liverpool University Press

Pub. Date:

2019-6-24

Journal:

Quaker Studies

Volume:

24

Issue:

1

Page Range:

141 - 159

ISSN:

1363-013X,2397-1770

Status:

Published

Last Updated:

4 years ago

License:

All Rights Reserved

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