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Research within Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business yields insights in business ethics, management, leadership, human behavior and more. Mitch Neubert serves as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business, Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics in Business and Professor Management. In this Baylor Connections, he examines the role of business research at Baylor and takes listeners inside the factors that make Hankamer scholarship distinct in higher education.

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Dr. Mitchell J. Neubert is the Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics in Business and professor of Management at Baylor. Dr. Neubert’s research interests are focused on understanding how leadership, particularly servant leadership, and ethics affect the performance and well-being of people and organizations. He also is interested in how faith intersects with these research interests.  He is the primary investigator on a National Science Foundation grant exploring the relationship of religion and entrepreneurship.  He has published in several journals including Personnel Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Christian Scholars Review, Human Relations, and Review of Religious Research.  He also is the author of two textbooks and teaches in Baylor’s undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA programs.

In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr. Neubert provides leadership to programs and initiatives that promote his conviction that businesses can do well by doing good.  He hosts the Hankamer School of Business’s annual Dale P. Jones Ethics Forum activities and Paul J. Meyer Christian Leadership in Business initiatives. He also regularly consults with leaders in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and ministries.

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But the belief that God financially rewards the faithful can fuel values linked to entrepreneurial thinking, Baylor University study finds  Belief in the “Prosperity Gospel” — that God financially blesses faithful followers — does not turn individuals into successful entrepreneurs. But prosperity beliefs can fuel values linked to entrepreneurial thinking, such as power and achievement, according to a Baylor University study.

However, researchers found no direct relationship between prosperity beliefs and willingness to take risks, and little connection to recognizing opportunities. Risk-taking and identifying opportunities are typical traits of entrepreneurs, according to the national study.

“As revealed in our findings, a belief that God will provide financial benefit to the faithful is not enough to push someone to launch a business,” said lead author Kevin D. Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. “The relationship between prosperity beliefs and starting a business is indirect and inconsistent.”

The study — Prosperity Beliefs and Value Orientations: Fueling or Suppressing Entrepreneurial Activity” — is published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. For the study, researchers analyzed data from a nationally representative survey of 1,066 working adults. Their goal was to connect prosperity beliefs, human values, entrepreneurial attitudes and entrepreneurial action. They found that values — both by themselves and in conjunction with religious beliefs — are important predictors of how and whether individuals might launch a business.


Participants responded to a three-item scale to measure beliefs that faith and faithful behavior lead to success at work and in business.


The items included: “God promises that those who live out their faith will receive financial success;” “Believers who succeed in business are evidence of God’s promised blessing;” and “I believe faithful believers in God receive real financial benefits in this life.”


Participants also responded to questions relating to The Theory of Basic Human Values, which recognizes such universal values as openness to change, achievement, security, power and benevolence.


In general, “entrepreneurs tend to think differently than non-entrepreneurs, prizing achievement and self-direction while downplaying tradition and conformity,” said co-author Mitchell J. Neubert, Ph.D., professor of management in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business.

Value orientations of self-enhancement and openness to change are associated with recognizing opportunities and taking risks — entrepreneurial behaviors that correlate with creating new businesses. While prosperity beliefs by themselves show little direct impact on entrepreneurship, they do influence the impact of values and attitudes related to creating a business. Prosperity beliefs can strengthen the relationship between self-enhancement values and opportunity recognition, but they seem to reduce the relationship between openness to change and willingness to take risks.

Another significant finding pertains to gender. Men and women who accept prosperity beliefs are no different in their willingness to take risks or start businesses, said co-author Jerry Z. Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. In general, risk-taking and business startups are more common among men.

The study also shows that education and experience are key predictors of entrepreneurship, but those resources may be difficult to acquire for some prosperity believers because of social and economic circumstances.

While individuals in that group have hope, it seems contingent on divine action rather than human action, Neubert said.

“Can prosperity preachers Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes save the U.S. economy? Probably not. But nor are they damning it,” Dougherty said. “The type of positive, self-help gospel they preach can enhance specific value orientations that are related to entrepreneurial thinking and entrepreneurial behavior.”

*The research was supported by a National Science Foundation grant. ABOUT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution. The University provides a vibrant campus community for more than 17,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 90 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 12 nationally recognized academic divisions.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 The role of Christianity in business 
00:03:02 Including spiritual variables in research
00:06:20 The impact of faith on job performance 
00:08:48 The study on spiritual calling and job satisfaction
00:13:22 Areas of research on faith integration in the workplace
00:16:52 Faith and Work Intersect 
00:20:11 Integrating Faith and Work
00:24:30 The integration of faith in the workplace
00:25:19 The impact of faith integration and pushback

Today, connect with Mitchell J. Neubert, the senior associate dean of Research and Faculty Development for the Hankamer School of Business, the Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics in Business, and a professor of Management at Baylor University. 

With a Ph.D. in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, Mitchell specializes in leadership development, ethics, team dynamics, and organizational change – all in the context of spirituality and business.

So, are there benefits of combining Christianity and business? With years of experience in this field, Mitchell sits down to enlighten us…

In this conversation, we cover:

1. How Mitchell’s faith plays into his research and teaching at Baylor. 
2. What “spiritual capital” is, and how it contributes to business predictions. 
3. How faith and resilience are connected. 

To learn more about Mitchell and his work, click https://hankamer.baylor.edu/person/mitchell-j-neubert now!

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