Collective Goals Research Articles

Far but close: how leaders can strengthen social identification with virtual teams

ABSTRACT As modern work is increasingly characterised by virtual collaboration, leaders have to coordinate teams across multiple work sites. One way to align dispersed team members towards collective goals is to strengthen their identification with the team. However, little is known about how to strengthen identification in virtual teams that do not share a physical environment. We conducted interviews based on the critical incident technique with 26 virtual leaders and 20 virtual team members. Qualitative content analysis revealed six categories of leader behaviour: 1) define the team, 2) strengthen team interdependence, 3) emphasise the team as a whole, 4) empower the team, 5) recognise team effort, and 6) stimulate informal team exchange. By mapping previous research and our findings onto a tridimensional model of social identification, we highlight both, behaviour similar to face-to-face leader behaviour and behaviour unique to the virtual context, and provide concrete behaviours for leadership practice and intervention studies.

Ushering in an age of scientific principles for communication research

Abstract Communication seeks internal coherence and external distinction as its research profile grows and diversifies. The present essay calls for the establishment of scientific principles to guide future communication research and solidify the field’s unique scholarly identity within the marketplace of ideas. An argument is made that the field has achieved the necessary foundations to establish scientific principles but has yet to embrace this undertaking as a collective goal. This offering is intended as an initial foray into the process of identifying and evaluating scientific principles of communication by considering the value of these fundamental pillars for the field’s maturation. It proposes evaluation criteria which are then applied in a rendering of two candidate principles. These observations aim to initiate a broader conversation and spark a collective effort toward elucidating scientific principles of communication that can help to guide and anchor the field in its next stage of knowledge generation.

Intercultural Competence and Intercultural Sensitivity Levels of EFL Preparatory Students: Insights from a Turkish Context

Effective communication between people with different emotional, cognitive, and behavioral perspectives requires skill in handling communication. Learning intercultural communication skills (IC), which are more important than language proficiency and communicative competence, is necessary for teaching foreign languages as English becomes a global language. Effective communication in English language classes, thus, requires multicultural sensitivity and competency. Intercultural competence (IC) is crucial in a globalized society where people must behave ethically and competently in cross-cultural relationships. As societies strive toward collective goals and establish lasting social, cultural, and economic connections with diverse cultural groups, intercultural sensitivity is gaining importance at all educational levels, particularly for foreign language learners. Many students lack intercultural knowledge, abilities, and mindsets. This study examines how EFL preparatory students perceive their intercultural sensitivity and competencies, whether there exists a statistically significant relationship between these two variables, and whether these variables show a difference regarding the participants’ demographics. The study adopted a descriptive methodology by using a correlational survey method. Data were collected from EFL preparatory students at a state university in western Türkiye by using the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and the Intercultural Competence Scale (ICS). Convenience sampling technique was used to collect data. T-test, Pearson correlation, and Spearman's Rho tests were used to calculate frequency and percentages with SPSS program, version 22. The results showed that EFL preparatory students demonstrated a high level of IS and IC levels; however, the participants’ IS and IC levels did not significantly differ by their demographics. Educational implications were suggested in the light of the literature.

ВНУТРЕННИЕ ФАКТОРЫ УСПЕШНОСТИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ

The purpose of the article is to interpret the theory of organization (internal factors of its success) by C. Barnard from the standpoint of modern science. The article consistently formulates the main provisions of the theory of the cooperative organization of Ch. Barnard, each of them is interpreted and evaluated from the standpoint of modern management. Comparative analysis traces the connection of the theory with the works of followers. It is shown that the concept of “morally binding collective goal” is replaced by two concepts — “strategic vision” and “mission”, the concept of “internal balance” is replaced by the concept of “motivation”, where the motivations from the organization are divided into external and internal factors; and the term “effi ciency”, meaning, according to Ch. Barnard, the degree of satisfaction of the needs of employees, is interpreted as the rational use of resources (productivity). “External balance” is interpreted as “external strategic compliance”, and the synonym for “external balance” according to C. Barnard (“effi ciency”) has acquired a diff erent meaning and has become one of the key concepts in management. Ch. Barnard’s concept of power of the leader includes two types of power (offi cial and personal); in modern management, there are 3 types of power: rational-legal, traditional and personal. The concept of Ch. Barnard “zone of indiff erence” today is interpreted as the legitimacy (legality) of power. According to Ch. Barnard, internal balance ensures internal cooperation. By analogy, it is argued that the external balance provides external cooperation. Those. organization: cooperative system at the micro level; component of the cooperative supersystem at the macro level, and for this supersystem, to one degree or another, the provisions of the theory of Ch. Barnard are valid, incl. about common goals and contributions to their achievement (the theory of extended organization — extended enterprise). The theory of the cooperative organization by Ch. Barnard is still relevant today, but without a modern interpretation, its correct understanding is impossible, because. the evolving theory and practice of management have changed the meanings of its variables. The value of the article lies in the modern interpretation of Ch. Barnard’s theory.

Influence of Principals’ Instructional Supervisory Practices on Teacher Motivation in Secondary Schools in Turkana West, Turkana County Kenya

The study investigated on the influence of principals’ supervisory practices on teacher motivation in secondary schools in Turkana West Sub County. Embedded design was adopted. The target population comprised of all; secondary schools, principals, board of management, teachers and field education officers. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used. Data was collected using focused group discussions, in-depth interviews guides and questionnaires. Quantitative data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics while qualitative data was analyzed using transcription, coding, categorizing and coming up with themes. The study results revealed that principals’ supervisory practices had positive correlation to teacher motivation. It further established that positive effect of the principals’ supervisory practices on teacher motivation were impeded by financial constraints faced by principals. The study recommended that principals should adopt clinical and collegial supervisory practices. That principals should involve teachers in collective goal setting as well as awarding outstanding teachers’ performance. The study also recommended that principals should initiate income generating projects in schools and involve parents’ teachers’ association in raising funds to ease financial constraints that impede supervisory practices that mitigate on teacher motivation.

Just an Illusion?

Just an Illusion?

Against moralism in anti-discrimination law

This article argues against a moralist interpretation of the purpose of statutory anti-­discrimination law. On this interpretation, there are instrumental reasons to legally prohibit discriminatory acts to achieve a collective goal that the state ought to pursue as a matter of political morality. But the fact that a discriminatory act is morally wrong according to interpersonal morality additionally gives a separate non-instrumental or moralist reason to legally prohibit it. According to moralism, the best interpretation of anti-­discrimination law’s purpose ascribes both moralist and instrumental justifying reasons for the law’s main features. Most writing in the philosophical literature on anti-­discrimination law proceeds under a dominant, yet inarticulate, assumption that moralism is true. Indeed, I explain that we might be persuaded to invoke moralist reasons to confer intelligibility on why the law prohibits directly discriminatory acts, why certain traits are included in the prohibited grounds of discrimination, why legal regulation is limited to certain spheres of private life such as employment and housing, and why the law is enforced through a mechanism of private recourse. I argue, however, that the attractions of moralism are illusory. We ought to invoke only instrumental reasons to explain these features of the law. A thoroughgoing instrumentalist account of anti-discrimination law as a tool for achieving an egalitarian political goal offers a unifying account of legal prohibitions of direct and indirect discrimination that coheres with a justification for the law’s protection of certain prohibited grounds and its application to the typical regulated spheres. I show how this conclusion has the important implication that, to the extent that anti-discrimination law’s private recourse enforcement method is inconsistent with the law’s overall instrumental purpose of reducing inequality, it ought to be reformed to place the onus of enforcement more squarely on administrative officials. In the final analysis, anti-discrimination law’s point is not to embody the morality of anti-discrimination as between private persons. It is to function as a means for realizing public justice.

Statebuilding and the Origins of the “American Empire”: Towards the Problem of Legitimizing Sovereign Inequality in the 21st Century

In recent decades, “statebuilding” policies in the Greater Middle East have been used by Washington as a tool for forging an “American empire” based on unequal relations between the U.S. and its dependent regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the same time, current research focuses mainly on the instruments for implementing these policies and ensuring the acceptance of new political and economic institutions by the local population. Unlike the established approaches, the author examines Washington’s statebuilding efforts as a specific practice of legitimacy aimed at entrenching sovereign inequality and institutionalizing the US political control over “client-regimes.” The study draws on the theoretical legacy of the English school, which views “legitimacy” as a phenomenon inextricably linked with “international society,” comprising a group of states bound by common goals, institutions, and values. The legitimation strategies adopted by members of this society involve the performance of various international roles through which states acquire recognized statuses, rights and obligations. Focusing on the US roles such as “imperial power” and “patron,” the author concludes that Washington’s statebuilding efforts were aimed at linking the US interventionism in Afghanistan and Iraq with the collective goals of international society, and thus served to legitimize inequitable relations with “client-states” under the formal legal equality of members of international society. Therefore, the application of the proposed approach helps to shed light on the underexplored aspects of the legitimizing instruments of the US dominance and the means of institutionalizing sovereign inequality inherent in the “American empire” in the 21st century.

Evolution of conditional cooperation in collective-risk social dilemma with repeated group interactions.

The evolution and long-term sustenance of cooperation has consistently piqued scholarly interest across the disciplines of evolutionary biology and social sciences. Previous theoretical and experimental studies on collective risk social dilemma games have revealed that the risk of collective failure will affect the evolution of cooperation. In the real world, individuals usually adjust their decisions based on environmental factors such as risk intensity and cooperation level. However, it is still not well understood how such conditional behaviours affect the evolution of cooperation in repeated group interactions scenario from a theoretical perspective. Here, we construct an evolutionary game model with repeated interactions, in which defectors decide whether to cooperate in subsequent rounds of the game based on whether the risk exceeds their tolerance threshold and whether the number of cooperators exceeds the collective goal in the early rounds of the game. We find that the introduction of conditional cooperation strategy can effectively promote the emergence of cooperation, especially when the risk is low. In addition, the risk threshold significantly affects the evolutionary outcomes, with a high risk promoting the emergence of cooperation. Importantly, when the risk of failure to reach collective goals exceeds a certain threshold, the timely transition from a defective strategy to a cooperative strategy by conditional cooperators is beneficial for maintaining high-level cooperation.

“It’s a financial decision”: students’ ethical understandings of non-government faith-based schooling in a neoliberal society

ABSTRACT The expansion of faith-based schools as marketised non-government institutions raises ethical questions, including their appeal to students. This article utilises focus groups with 24 Australian secondary students to identify ethical virtues in their perceptions of non-government faith-based schooling in a neoliberal education market cultivating a conflicting ethics character seeking to respond to both collective and individual goals. Taking the virtue ethics approach, the paper portrays how students perceive faith-based schooling as a financial enterprise contesting the virtues of justice, self-improvement, and courage. Firstly, findings illustrate students’ ethical discomfort with how a push for more socially just outcomes in such schools has, ironically, resulted in greater injustice. Specifically, findings capture a disjuncture between the schools’ emphasis on fee/affordability programmes for greater accessibility and their implications, i.e., the creation of unjust social divides between the “haves” and “have-nots”. Secondly, a mixed picture portrays some students’ virtuous behaviour of self-improvement in a faith-based schooling space seen as a “client”-oriented environment that should be utilised for one’s advantage, while others illustrate how such a system can, in fact, alleviate their need to actively seek to improve their skills and/or social engagement. Correspondingly, some students highlight how being outside the non-government faith-based schooling system “forces” them to strive academically or be socially proactive– regarded as working towards developing their virtue of self-improvement. The paper concludes with the students’ call for a courageous course of action for faith-based schooling, envisioned to promote more affordable and equitable educational opportunities and produce ethical forms of socially just schooling.

Роль Пензенского церковного историко-археологического и статистического комитета в формировании общественного интереса к провинциальной повседневности (по материалам "Пензенских епархиальных ведомостей")

The article analyzes the activities of the Penza Church Historical, Archaeological and Statistical Committee for the Preservation of the History and Description of the Daily Life of Cities, Villages and Parishes of the Penza Diocese.As a source for studying this problem, the materials of the «Penza diocesan gazette» (1866-1917) were used, on the pages of which articles and essays of members of the Committee were published.Documents on the organization of the Penza Church Historical, Archaeological and Statistical Committee, as well as numerous publications of its members, have been studied. The reasons for the organization of the Committee, its place and role in the system of historical and archival institutions of the Penza province were investigated; organizational structure and composition; quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results of the activity was carried out; a description of the clergy'perception of parish life in the cities and villages of the Penza diocese, as well as the peculiarities of the class organization of Russian society in the era of modernization, using the example of the peasantry and clergy, was given.The historical, archaeological and statistical committee acted at the Penza Theological Seminary from February 14 (27), 1902 until 1918. This body played a prominent role in shaping public interest in local history and provincial everyday life. The Orthodox clergy was involved in expeditionary research of the provincial "living history," not recorded in historical documents, but transmitted from generation to generation according to oral tradition. The description of the modern state of the parishes was carried out, in modern terms, through the "included observation" of the priests themselves. The activities of the Committee significantly complemented the research results of the Provincial Statistical Committee.The analysis of publications in the Penza diocesan gazette convinces that representatives of the Orthodox clergy, having the initial goal of collecting and summarizing information on the history of the Russian Church in the Penza Territory, describing the history of settlements, churches, monasteries and parishes, discovered crisis bias in the development of the entire Russian society. While describing the daily life of the province, it turned out that the clergy and peasantry underwent unfavorable historical circumstances. The acute shortage of arable land became widespread and everyday phenomena; the insufficient level of development of education and medicine, as well as technical equipment of peasant farms; lack of productive land-cultivation practices, mass poverty, the low crop capacity and recurrent hunger; forced migration in the conditions of "latrine" industries, etc. The consequences of the above phenomena were the extinction of the cultural traditions of the peasant world, the rupture of stable social ties and crisis phenomena in the religious and moral state of society. The clergy fully shared the hardships of the daily life of the peasantry, experiencing a poor financial situation. Essays on the history of villages and parishes, compiled by members of the Committee, were a signal for the deep reform of society.

A Paradigm Shift for a More Inclusive, Equal, and Just Academia? Towards a Transformative-Emancipatory Pedagogy

This article puts forward the core argument that a pedagogical shift is very much needed if we want to address the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities represented by increasingly diverse educational settings and move towards a more inclusive, equal, and just academia. First, it is suggested that we replace the current pedagogical models in use, namely, the teacher-centered and student-centered models, as their educational philosophies are insufficient and can be considered, to a certain extent, oppressive. Then, it is argued that transformative pedagogy can broaden the scope of academic goals by including students’ well-being, as well as their individual and collective emancipatory goals. To support the argument, the author presents a theoretical framework that has been developed over time while teaching migration topics to students coming from all over the world. The framework includes a holistic approach rooted in transformative pedagogy, which engages with students’ cognitive, practical, and affective dimensions. It is further argued that the theoretical framework should integrate intersectional and decolonial approaches into its praxis. These approaches offer further insights into how to challenge power imbalances in the classroom, center the experiences and voices of marginalized communities, and recognize the interplay between individual experiences, systemic oppressions, and the broader socio-political context. The article concludes by explaining that transformative pedagogy has not yet received the attention it deserves, both in practice and in research, and that more efforts need to be made to explore its potential and scientific relevance.

DA'WAH TASAWUF: CONCEPT AND IMPLEMENTATION IN BETAWI SOCIETY

This dissertation aims to find out how far the role of the da'wah of Sufism in improving the quality of faith of the Indonesian people, especially the Betawi people. Where the Betawi people experience moral decadence, the erosion of identity associated with the decline in religious values. And with its geographical location, namely the Metropolitan City, the Betawi community is infected with a hedonistic and materialistic lifestyle. It is hoped that this da'wah of Sufism can fortify the ummah from moral depravity and become a means of fostering human relations with its Lord, and fellow communities around it, as well as forming believers with noble character who are loved by Allah and His Messenger. The method used in this study is to use the theory used in this research is to use the theory of the sociology of knowledge, while the approach is to da'wah-sufism in the Betawi community in Indonesia. The hypothesis to be achieved in the dissertation puts forward humanist da'wah thinking. The sociology of knowledge is a theory, while on the other hand the sociology of knowledge is a sociological-historical research method. As a theory, the sociology of knowledge takes two forms, namely: first, a purely empirical investigation through the exposure and structural analysis of how social interactions in fact influence thought. Second, epistemological research that focuses on how social relations and thought affect the issue of validity. In other words, as a theory for purely empirical inquiry, the sociology of knowledge examines the living forces and actual attitudes that underlie theoretical attitudes. Strength is not seen as a mere individual thing, but rather on the collective goals of a group that underlies individual thinking.

How business usage center members' self-concepts affect their perceptions and assessments in organizational usage processes

In business-to-business settings, purchasing dominantly takes place within customer-supplier relationships. Therefore, from a supplier perspective, it is important to understand what drives customers' rebuy decisions. Here, the value in use that individual representatives of a customer organization, based on the achievement of their individual and collective goals, experience in their usage processes has an important impact on the firm's loyalty. However, only little is known about how the various users in a customer firm, the members of a business usage center (BUC), perceive value in use and how these perceptions are influenced by their interactions. In two studies with 18 interviewees using the repertory grid technique in combination with means-end chaining, this paper investigates how actors' self-concepts influence their attributed reasons for actions of other BUC members and in turn the perceptions of their behaviors. Eleven attributed reasons for action are elicited that are grouped into four clusters covering competence profile, emotional profile, job requirements, and personal motivation. The findings of this study complement existing research that mainly uses hierarchical positions and organizational roles to explain individual assessments and decision-making specifically related to business buying behavior. Based on these insights, theoretical as well as managerial implications are discussed and avenues for further research are presented.

Orchestrating collaborative networks for social innovation: Orchestrators' roles in socially innovative initiatives

Collaborative networks for social innovation have been widely studied and reported in literature due to their role in solving social problems. There are still gaps, however, with regard to how such networks are orchestrated, and the roles network leaders must perform to achieve effective outcomes. This paper analyzes how collaborative networks designed to foster social innovation are orchestrated by their members and what roles leaders perform to achieve collective goals. To fulfill this objective, we explored two collaborative networks that have been organized to develop social innovations in Germany. Based on these cases, we show that orchestrators perform several roles to produce social innovation. The most relevant roles are: ‘designing’ - identifying and attracting stakeholders to the initiative; ‘organizing’; and ‘integrating’ each stakeholder's resources; and ‘monitoring’ the activities performed over time. Three orchestration roles not previously presented in the literature emerged as a result of the case analysis: ‘designing’, ‘bridging’, and ‘legitimizing’. Our results also stress that the same collaborative network may require different orchestrators due to the collaboration dynamics and the specific roles that must be performed to achieve the desired outcomes. The paper contributes to both theory and practice by showing which roles network leaders need to perform to orchestrate collaborative networks in order to achieve positive outcomes and develop social innovation.

How Employment Generates Social Integration: Trends Towards Disintegration and Over-Integration in the Hyper-Work Society

Using an analytical framework that further develops Jahoda’s ideas and distinguishes between two manifest and five latent mechanisms for the production of employment-based social integration, three research questions are examined: How does employment generate social integration in German welfare capitalism? How have these employment-based integration mechanisms changed in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) since the Second World War? What dangers to social integration can be identified because of these changes? The manifest mechanisms establish socio-economic integration directly via employment or indirectly through de-commodifying welfare state interventions. The latent mechanisms ensure that social relationships can be formed by providing a time structure, extending social contacts, enabling participation in collective goals, offering collective identities and activating people. We analyse different social orders at the macro-level (labour and social legislation), meso-level (company structures, industrial relations, work environments) and micro-level (employment relationships, household models, action orientations, subjective identifications) of society to identify conditions that promote or endanger social integration. On the one hand, the danger of over-integration (reflected in the term “hyper-work society”), which arises from generalising employment-related performance and exploitation criteria, erects integration barriers for other forms of social integration beyond employment because alternative premises for organising one’s life are devalued by predominantly adopting capitalist criteria of social recognition. On the other hand, the binding power of employment and the integrative power of workplaces are weakened by disintegrative trends such as insecure employment, blurring organisational boundaries, as well as fragmentation of employment and social relations, jeopardising social integration through employment.

Flight Path Setting and Data Quality Assessments for Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle-Based Photogrammetric Bridge Deck Documentation.

Imagery from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can be used to generate three-dimensional (3D) point cloud models. However, final data quality is impacted by the flight altitude, camera angle, overlap rate, and data processing strategies. Typically, both overview images and redundant close-range images are collected, which significantly increases the data collection and processing time. To investigate the relationship between input resources and output quality, a suite of seven metrics is proposed including total points, average point density, uniformity, yield rate, coverage, geometry accuracy, and time efficiency. When applied in the field to a full-scale structure, the UAV altitude and camera angle most strongly affected data density and uniformity. A 66% overlapping was needed for successful 3D reconstruction. Conducting multiple flight paths improved local geometric accuracy better than increasing the overlapping rate. The highest coverage was achieved at 77% due to the formation of semi-irregular gridded gaps between point groups as an artefact of the Structure from Motion process. No single set of flight parameters was optimal for every data collection goal. Hence, understanding flight path parameter impacts is crucial to optimal UAV data collection.

Longitudinal Pathways Between Physical Activity, Depression, and Perceived Stress in Peripheral Artery Disease.

One-fifth of the patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) experience depression and stress. Depression and stress may impact patients' abilities to be physically active, a key recommendation for supporting overall PAD management to improve symptoms and reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. We aimed to study interrelationships between 1-year longitudinal trajectories of depression, stress, and physical activity following a PAD diagnosis. Patients with new or worsening PAD symptoms enrolled at 10 US PORTRAIT study (Patient-Centered Outcomes Related to Treatment Practices in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Investigating Trajectories) vascular specialty clinics (CT, LA, MI, MO, NC, OH, and RI) were assessed at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months between June 2, 2011 and December 3, 2015. Depressive symptoms were measured with the 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire, perceived stress with the 4-item Perceived Stress Scale and physical activity with items from the INTERHEART study. Path analysis was used to examine the longitudinal relationship between depression and physical activity and perceived stress and physical activity. A total of 766 patients were included (mean age of 68.2 [±9.4] years; 57.7% male). Overall, 17.8% reported significant depressive symptoms, 36.0% experienced increased perceived stress, and 44.1% were sedentary upon PAD diagnosis. A decrease in physical activity preceded a rise in subsequent depressive symptoms (β ranges -0.45 [95% CI, -0.80 to -0.09]; -0.81 [95% CI, -1.19 to 0.42]) over the course of 1 year. Low physical activity scores at the initial presentation were followed by high perceived stress at 3 months (β=-0.44 [95% CI, -0.80 to -0.07]). In symptomatic PAD, a decrease in physical activity was followed by an increased risk of depressive symptoms and perceived stress at subsequent intervals over the course of 1 year following PAD diagnosis and treatment. Integrated behavioral health approaches for PAD, addressing physical activity and managing depression or distress, are indicated as collective PAD treatment goals.

Wellness Wheel Clinics: A First Nation community-partnered care model improving healthcare access, from healthcare providers' perspectives.

First Nation people residing in rural and remote communities have limited primary healthcare access, which often affects chronic disease management leading to poor health outcomes. Individuals with lived experiences of chronic disease and substance use, along with health directors, advocated for improved services. Subsequently, an urban healthcare team in partnership with four First Nation communities developed an Outreach clinic to address healthcare access barriers. Established in 2016, this community-led clinic improves primary care access and chronic disease management in First Nation communities. Employing a qualitative research design, interviews were conducted with 15 clinic providers and 9 community members to explore the clinic's 1-year post-implementation impacts. Thematic data analysis indicated that engagement and approval by community leadership, support from Elders and community members and collaboration with existing community healthcare staff were crucial for establishing the Outreach clinic. Initial logistical challenges with space allocation, equipment, medical supplies, funding, staffing, medical records and appointment scheduling were resolved through community consultation and creative solutions. A nurse coordinator ensured continuity of care and was integral to ensuring clients receive seamless care. The commitment of the outreach team and the collective goal of providing client-centered care were instrumental in the clinic's success. In partnership with communities, access to healthcare in First Nation communities can be enhanced by coordinating Outreach clinics through existing community healthcare facilities.

Effect of employee`s religious and cultural values on their sustainable behavior: A Systematic Approach to the Literature

As business organizations are one of the major contributors to polluting mother earth and causing sustainability issues, yet, they need to be utterly focused on its reformation, rehabilitation, and recovery. This cannot be done without their workforce's involvement and behavior modification. To lessen climate issues and protect the environment, we currently need a radical transformation in behavioral activities including sustainable consumption and production /services in our personal and professional lives, thus culture and religion are the key players in this aspect. For analyzing this we conducted a thorough bibliometric analysis, 1615 research articles on religion or religious values and sustainable behavior and 2099 research articles on culture or cultural values and sustainable behavior were retrieved from the Scopus data base, for the period 1993–2023, presenting global research tendencies on the subject of these values and sustainability at work place. It came out to the limelight that “sustainability” is the most sought-after keyword in all of these studies (19 % + ) in both themes. The study found that there is a dire need for cross-functional research so that dynamic multidimensional structures and patterns can be identified to achieve the collective future goal of sustainability. Religion or religious values and culture or culture values are found to be certain dimensions that have been gaining more and more attention in the domain of business and management since the last decade. These aspects can certainly bring dramatic changes both on individual and corporate levels.