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Do Muslims Believe More in Protestant Work Ethic than Christians? Comparison of People with Different Religious Background Living in the US

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This study examines the work ethic characteristics of Protestant, Catholic, and Muslim people who are living in the US. People originally from Turkey were targeted under the Muslim group. Since a significant number of people selected “none” as their religious affiliation in the survey, this group has also been included in the final analysis. Eight hundred and three people (313 Protestants, 180 “none”, 96 Muslims, 86 Catholics, and 128 other) participated in this questionnaire study. The analyses revealed that Muslim Turks reported greater scores on four of the five Protestant work ethic (PWE) characteristics. Protestants scored higher than Catholics on all characteristics, but there was no significant difference.

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Abbreviations

ANOVA:

Univariate Analysis of Variance

IRB:

Institutional Review Board

MANOVA:

Multivariate Analysis of Variance

PWE:

Protestant Work Ethic

UNC-CH:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Zulfikar, Y.F. Do Muslims Believe More in Protestant Work Ethic than Christians? Comparison of People with Different Religious Background Living in the US. J Bus Ethics 105, 489–502 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0981-z

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