How does Religion Affect Social Networks: The case of Wasta Utilization with Christian and Muslim Arabs

Ron BERGER; Liane W.Y. LEE; Bradley R. BARNES

How does Religion Affect Social Networks: The case of Wasta Utilization with Christian and Muslim Arabs

Ron BERGER, Liane W.Y. LEE, Bradley R. BARNES

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Abstract

The importance of developing and utilizing business relationships and networks in socially based societies has long been recognized as an important component for businesses. Socially based business networks and relationships include Guanxi in the context of China and Wasta in Arab countries. This study uses social capital theory to investigate how Wasta and religion has an influence on satisfaction and performance between Muslims and Christians. Results have shown that Mojamala is a pre-requisite to Hamola and Somah, where Hamola directly leads to performance for Muslims. For Christians, satisfaction is a pre-requite for performance. This is the first study that investigates the impact of religion on business performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 AIB Asia Pacific Regional Conference Proceedings
Place of Publication	Hong Kong
Publisher	The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	2021 Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference - Nakhonpathom, Thailand Duration: 8 Dec 2021 → 10 Dec 2021

Conference

Conference	2021 Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference
Country/Territory	Thailand
City	Nakhonpathom
Period	8/12/21 → 10/12/21

Keywords

Wasta
social capital theory
Arab World
Religion

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Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference (Extended Abstracts) › peer-review

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