Organizational practices across cultures: An exploration in six cultural contexts
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT, vol.14, no.1, pp.105-125, 2014 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 14 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.1177/1470595813510644
- Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.105-125
- Keywords: Cultural differences, employee orientation, formalization, individualism, innovation, organizational practices, tightness-looseness, CLIMATE, VALUES, CONSEQUENCES, SIMILARITIES, INNOVATION, BEHAVIOR
- Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
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.