Conversations about Calling

Conversations About Calling explores management perspectives on the concept of a calling to work. Using Max Weber's seminal book, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, as a starting point, Myers seeks to enrich management perspectives on calling by integrating the contributions of other disciplines to the literature.

Valerie L. Myers, PhD, is a faculty member at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business at Ann Arbor, USA.

Contents: Preface 1. Conversations about Calling I. Management Conversations About Calling, 1980-2012 2. Secular-Individualistic Calling 3. Transcendent Calling 4. Sacred Calling 5. Calling in the Iron Cage II. Other Conversations About Calling 6. Practitioner Perspectives (1980-2012): The Essence of Calling 7. Case Example: Unthinkable 8. Practitioner Perspectives (1980-2012): Calling in Business 9. Ideologies & Industrialism (16th to 21st Centuries) III. Connecting Conversations in Theory and Practice 10. A Cross-cultural Theory of Calling 11. Case Study: Not Your Average Working Joe 12. Cultivating Calling in Emerging and Established Adults