A Buddhist Economic Approach to Employee Volunteer Programmes

Prayukvong, Wanna; Rees, Bronwen A.

doi:10.9774/gleaf.4700.2010.su.00007

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“…Furthermore, the second most important work value was altruistic rewards. This is consistent with Buddhist teachings (Prayukvong and Rees, 2010) which could mean that it is less of a generational specific preference, but rather is consistent among all the generations in the work place (Twenge et al, 2010). Accordingly, opportunities to volunteer and information about how the company benefits society should also be publicized to attract and retain employees across all generational cohorts.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Generation Z in Thailand

Farrell

Phungsoonthorn

2020

Int'l Jnl of Cross Cultural Management

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Generation Z has been said to have more in common with their global generational cohort than they do with their parents. The 24/7 access to information, through increasingly ubiquitous Internet access, has been credited as the facilitator of the spread of generational values and characteristics. While this may apply to Generation Z in many developed countries, does it apply in developing nations such as Thailand? For example, by the year 2015, only 40 percent of the Thai population had access to the Internet. Thus, this study attempts to understand to what extent proclaimed Generation Z characteristics and values ring true for a segment of Thai youth with the necessary access to and corresponding usage of connected technology. A literature review was conducted of both English and Thai language literature. Thai Generation Z university students were surveyed, and the results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. On the one hand, the results did support an affinity toward technology, on the other hand, it suggested that Thai youth valued and used the technology differently than their generational cohort in the west, especially concerning content creation. Furthermore, they differed from their global cohort in their preference for collectivism. They also differed from national cultural expectations as they showed tendencies toward low power distance. Finally, work values were largely consistent with international generational expectations in that they showed the strongest preference toward intrinsic and altruistic rewards. It will be essential for Human Resources (HR) to communicate these rewards to attract and retain this next generation of employees. This article contributes to the greater cross-cultural management scholarship by filling a gap in understanding the cultural and work values of a generational cohort in Thailand. It does this by highlighting the institutional and cultural setting this cohort came of age in and surveys cohort members to understand their values and preferences.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Generation Z in Thailand

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Phungsoonthorn

2020

Int'l Jnl of Cross Cultural Management

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“…Compassion contributes to individual and social good (Nussbaum, 2001;Solomon, 1998). Compassion enhances social sustainability through the notion of empathy (Abeydeera et al, 2016), embraces co-existence between humans and non-humans (Paterson, 2006), and strengthens harmony with stakeholders (Prayukvong and Rees, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Skilful means – a Buddhist approach to social responsibility

2018

SRJ

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Social Responsibility Journal Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a well-developed concept in the West. However, in many developing nations CSR for social good is considered a luxury, mainly because their constituencies and institutions are less well-resourced than their wealthier counterparts (Dobers and Halme, 2009). The different interpretations and implementations of CSR across different contexts make it a challenging and controversial topic. According to Jamali and colleagues (2017), it is important to take into consideration general cultural notions of spiritualism and specific religious doctrines when examining CSR practices in specific contexts. CSR has been aligned variously with Confucian cultural traditions of harmony, prosperity, solidary and consensus (Yin and Zhang, 2012), with collectivist culture (Shafer et al, 2007), and with Indian cultural and spiritual values which emphasise a duty of care to local communities as well as providing for one's material needs/profit (Arevalo and Aravind, 2011; Condosta, 2011). In China, CSR practice is guided by codes of conduct relating to Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism (Gao, 2011; Ip, 2009). For instance, Confucian philosophy is hostile to profit making (Lin, 2010) and regards selling low quality products as unethical (Zheng et al, 2014). In India, religious principles emphasise the importance of charity which supports benevolant business practices because 'giving is good' (Arevalo and Arayind, 2011, p.402; Gupta, 2007). Accordingly, spirituality has much to offer the study and practice of CSR, but it has not received the attention it deserves. This paper introduces a Buddhist skilful means approach to contribute to the scholarly conversation on spirituality and CSR. The intent of the paper is four-fold: (1) to explore critical issues of CSR; (2) to justify the relationship of spirituality, and Buddhism in particular, to CSR; (3) to introduce Buddhist approaches to CSR; and (4) to propose a practical and skilful means approach to CSR practice. Critical perspectives on corporate social responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a well-recognised concept among academics. However, due to the complex nature of the systems involved, it is difficult to come up with a definitive definition (Sheehy, 2015). According to Ireland and Pillay (2009), the difficulty of defining CSR arises from the four distinct agendas or specific interests of the various actors, involved. Sheehy (2015) highlights four complicating factors for CSR: business and industry tend to contextualise CSR to specific cases in their own organisational and industrial context;

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“…The central tenet of non-attachment of Buddhism has been borrowed in various ways in studies in psychology (Sahdra and Shaver, 2013; Van Gordon et al., 2016), social studies (Tideman, 2016), organizational studies (Daniels, 2007; Prayukvong and Rees, 2010) and economics (Schumacher, 1973). For instance, the non-extreme position in the Middle Way facilitates sustainable economic development by moderating consumption, material and energy throughput, and environmental exploitation (Daniels, 2017).…”

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“Letting go of the raft” – The art of spiritual leadership in contemporary organizations from a Buddhist perspective using skilful means

Gill

2018

Leadership

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Organizations are diverse workplaces where various beliefs, values and perceptions are shared to varying extents. How can spiritual leadership induce altruistic love and intrinsic motivation among diverse members within the organization and without being regarded as really yet another covert, sophisticated form of corporate exploitation of human vulnerability reflective of the "dark side" of organizations and leadership? This paper explores an approach to spiritual leadership from a Buddhist perspective focusing on the power of skilful means to tackle such concerns. In organizational pursuits such as appearance, reputation, fame, power, recognition and even leader-follower relationships are associated mostly with objectives and expectations, known in Buddhism as "attachment". In Buddhism, however, any kind of attachment may be a source of suffering that eventually leads to negative consequences. In reviewing the dark side of spiritual leadership practices and how Buddhism is commoditized for organizational purposes, we reaffirm on the importance of the notion of non-attachment in Buddhism. We unpack the application of the Buddhist metaphor of "the raft", non-attachment and other Buddhist stories of skilful means in spiritual leadership and their contribution to leadership studies.

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A Buddhist Economic Approach to Employee Volunteer Programmes

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Generation Z in Thailand

Generation Z in Thailand

Skilful means – a Buddhist approach to social responsibility

“Letting go of the raft” – The art of spiritual leadership in contemporary organizations from a Buddhist perspective using skilful means

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