Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts

Fischer R., Ferreira M. C., Leal Assmar E. M., BARIŞ G., Berberoglu G., DALYAN F., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.105-125, 2014 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/1470595813510644
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.105-125
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cultural differences, employee orientation, formalization, individualism, innovation, organizational practices, tightness-looseness, CLIMATE, VALUES, CONSEQUENCES, SIMILARITIES, INNOVATION, BEHAVIOR
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.