Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts

This study examined organizational practices in a sample of 1239 employees from various organizations in Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, New Zealand, Turkey, and the United States. Twenty-four items measuring employee-orientation, formalization, and innovation practices showed a clear factorial structu...

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Main Authors: Fischer, Ronald, Ferreira, Maria Cristina, Asmar, Eveline Maria Leal, Baris, Gulfidan, Berberoglu, Gunes, Dalyan, Figen, Wong, Corbin C., Hassan, Arif, Hanke, Katja, Boer, Diana
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spelling iium-330102017-09-26T03:30:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/ Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts Fischer, Ronald Ferreira, Maria Cristina Asmar, Eveline Maria Leal Baris, Gulfidan Berberoglu, Gunes Dalyan, Figen Wong, Corbin C. Hassan, Arif Hanke, Katja Boer, Diana HD28 Management. Industrial Management HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5549 Personnel management This study examined organizational practices in a sample of 1239 employees from various organizations in Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, New Zealand, Turkey, and the United States. Twenty-four items measuring employee-orientation, formalization, and innovation practices showed a clear factorial structure across all samples, along with good reliabilities. Significant organizational position differences were found for employee-orientation and innovation practices. Sector differences were found for formalization and innovation practices. Cultural differences were found for employee-orientation and innovation practices, which can be explained using macroeconomic indicators,tightness–looseness, and individualism. Our study demonstrates the importance of individual, organizational, economic, and cultural level for understanding perceptions of organizational practices across a wider range of societies. Sage 2013-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/1/IJCM_Paper_%28Ron_%26_Arif%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/4/33010_Organizational%20practices%20across%20cultures.SCOPUS.pdf Fischer, Ronald and Ferreira, Maria Cristina and Asmar, Eveline Maria Leal and Baris, Gulfidan and Berberoglu, Gunes and Dalyan, Figen and Wong, Corbin C. and Hassan, Arif and Hanke, Katja and Boer, Diana (2013) Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 13 (3). pp. 1-21. ISSN 1741-2838 (O), 1470-5958 http://ccm.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/11/14/1470595813510644.abstract 10.1177/1470595813510644
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5549 Personnel management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
HF5549 Personnel management
Fischer, Ronald
Ferreira, Maria Cristina
Asmar, Eveline Maria Leal
Baris, Gulfidan
Berberoglu, Gunes
Dalyan, Figen
Wong, Corbin C.
Hassan, Arif
Hanke, Katja
Boer, Diana
Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts
description This study examined organizational practices in a sample of 1239 employees from various organizations in Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, New Zealand, Turkey, and the United States. Twenty-four items measuring employee-orientation, formalization, and innovation practices showed a clear factorial structure across all samples, along with good reliabilities. Significant organizational position differences were found for employee-orientation and innovation practices. Sector differences were found for formalization and innovation practices. Cultural differences were found for employee-orientation and innovation practices, which can be explained using macroeconomic indicators,tightness–looseness, and individualism. Our study demonstrates the importance of individual, organizational, economic, and cultural level for understanding perceptions of organizational practices across a wider range of societies.
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author Fischer, Ronald
Ferreira, Maria Cristina
Asmar, Eveline Maria Leal
Baris, Gulfidan
Berberoglu, Gunes
Dalyan, Figen
Wong, Corbin C.
Hassan, Arif
Hanke, Katja
Boer, Diana
author_facet Fischer, Ronald
Ferreira, Maria Cristina
Asmar, Eveline Maria Leal
Baris, Gulfidan
Berberoglu, Gunes
Dalyan, Figen
Wong, Corbin C.
Hassan, Arif
Hanke, Katja
Boer, Diana
author_sort Fischer, Ronald
title Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts
title_short Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts
title_full Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts
title_fullStr Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts
title_full_unstemmed Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts
title_sort organizational practices across cultures: an exploration in six cultural contexts
publisher Sage
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/1/IJCM_Paper_%28Ron_%26_Arif%29.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33010/4/33010_Organizational%20practices%20across%20cultures.SCOPUS.pdf
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