Abstract
This paper is based on a survey of over 4,000 respondents from ten manufacturing companies in two Western countries (the US and Germany), and four countries of the former Soviet Union (Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic). The study is using Hofstede's framework and instrumentation, and explores work-related culture dimensions of managers and employees in the ten companies. The study results point to within and between country variation in cultural dimensions, differences between managers and their subordinates, and the influence of demographic factors on culture. This is one of the first studies to address work-related cultural values in Georgia, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz Republic, and one of few studies that allow inferences about the degree of variation within and between countries of the former Eastern Bloc and the countries of the West.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-25 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Journal of Transnational Management Development |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 25 2002 |
Keywords
- Culture
- Georgia
- Germany
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Leadership
- USA
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Development
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law