Religious Commitment and Work Orientations of Turkish Students

The working hypothesis of this paper is that a direct connection exists between the prescriptions and teachings of Islam and the social and economic attitudes and behaviors of its adherents. Contradictory elements do exist within Islamic thought which, it can be argued, might lead to differential behavior. Nevertheless, without presenting a formal survey of the literature, it can be safely said that in both popular and scholarly works a number of attributes are repetitively cited as being the consequence of socialization to Islam. A lack of initiative, indolence, fatalism, and hostility toward social or economic innovation are among the commonly mentioned orientations which are derivative of being a Muslim. It would seem to follow that within the Islamic community the level or intensity of religious involvement would be directly related to the possession of certain attitudes toward other people in the community, toward work, and toward the future

Sociology · Turkish · Work (physics) · Education and Islamic Studies · Engineering · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Psychology