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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
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In this article, the differences in the way strategists and their followers think are discussed, and practical solutions for those in business to help solve conflict between different groups are proposed, with a focus on how to find common problems which demand cooperation for the solution of these problems.Abstract:
Despite calls for better co-operation between countries and different cultures, there is still confrontation between people, groups and nations. But at the same time they are exposed to common problems which demand cooperation for the solution of these problems. This book helps to understand the differences in the way strategists and their followers think, offering practical solutions for those in business to help solve conflict between different groups.read more
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Voluntary environmental and social accounting disclosure practices in the Asia-Pacific region
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared three measurement bases: number pages, sentences and words, and disclosure index score, and concluded that content analysis and disclosure indices measured different concepts, the latter measuring largely a subset of the former, and that researchers, when deciding on whether to measure the dependent variable by content analysis or a disclosure index, will need to define more the relevance of the measurement to be adopted to the research question.
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Sticks and Stones may Break Your Bones, but Words can Break Your Spirit: Bullying in the Workplace
Gina Vega,Debra R. Comer +1 more
TL;DR: Workplace bullying is the pattern of destructive and generally deliberate demeaning of co-workers or subordinates that reminds us of the activities of the schoolyard bully as discussed by the authors.
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Cultural Similarities and Differences in the Design of University Web sites
TL;DR: Computed correlations between Hofstede’s scores and frequency counts of interface elements were weaker than anticipated, but in most cases occurred in the hypothesized direction, suggesting that similarities and differences in Web site design can be brought out through Hofstedes' cultural model.
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Breaking the silence culture : Stimulation of participation and employee opinion witholding cross-nationally
TL;DR: This article investigated the relationship between the national cultural value of power distance and collective silence as well as the role of voice-inducing mechanisms in breaking the organizational silence and found that formalized employee involvement and a participative climate encouraged employees to voice their opinions in countries with a small power distance culture.
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Asian management research needs more self-confidence: Reflection on Hofstede (2007) and beyond
TL;DR: Hofstede's cross-cultural paradigm has stimulated academic interest in value and behavioral variations across national borders and helped practitioners to capture national cultural stereotypes in concrete and measurable terms as discussed by the authors.