Vzťahy tieňovej ekonomiky a podnikateľstva v religiózne orientovanom prostredí v Poľsku: kvalitatívny pohľad
An Interplay Between the Shadow Economy and Religious Oriented Entrepreneurship in Poland. A Qualitative Inquiry
Author(s): Rafał Smoczyński Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: shadow economy; Polish Catholicism; small and medium-sized companies; moral community; ambiguities
Summary/Abstract: An Interplay Between the Shadow Economy and Religious Oriented Entrepreneurship in Poland. A Qualitative Inquiry. This paper explores whether Catholic organisations, understood as moral communities, may act as intermediary institutions of control between markets and the post-socialist Polish state in constraining shadow economy activities of religionists who professionally run small and medium-sized companies. The interview data show that religious control efficiency is determined by the integrative potential of the specific religious organisation with which the analysed entrepreneurs were associated. This study also shows that the intertwining of an otherworldly orientation and dense social capital implies numerous ambiguities, which may produce destabilising effects for companies’ organizational efficiency. Sociológia 2015, Vol. 47 (No. 3: 272-296)
Journal: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 47/2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 272-296
- Page Count: 26