| Titel: | Karma Yoga: A conceptualization and validation of the Indian philosophy of work |
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| Autor: | Mulla, ZR und Krishnan, VR |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of Indian Psychology |
| Jahr: | 2006 |
| Band: | 24 |
| Heft: | 1 |
| Seiten: | 26 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Abstract: | The doctrine of Karma Yoga forms the core of the Indian philosophy of work. By doing a content analysis of the Bhagavad-Gita and studying commentaries on the Gita, we identified two dimensions of Karma Yoga-- duty orientation and absence of desire for rewards, and we prepared scales for the measurement of core beliefs in Indian philosophy and Karma Yoga. These scales were tested on a set of 75 executives and results compared with two facets of the personality trait of conscientiousness, viz. dutifulness and achievement striving, using hierarchical regression and a test for moderation. We found that a belief in Indian philosophy enhanced duty orientation, and absence of desire for rewards enhanced life satisfaction. There was moderate support for our hypothesis that dutifulness was more strongly related to Karma Yoga when achievement striving was low than when it was high. |