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Organization Development and National Culture: Where's the Fit?
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In this paper, the underlying values of OD are compared to those that predominate in 40 countries, and specific OD interventions are then examined separately to determine their fit with the values of these countries.Abstract:
Organization development is one of many American management techniques utilized overseas. Based on an empirically derived model of culture, the underlying values of OD are compared to those that predominate in 40 countries. Specific OD interventions are then examined separately to determine their fit with the values of these countries. The results help explain why OD has encountered problems and provide guidelines for selecting and carrying out interventions in a culturally sensitive manner.read more
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Culture and Congruence: The Fit Between Management Practices and National Culture
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Cross-cultural research on organizational leadership: A critical analysis and a proposed theory.
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Cultural Influence on the Development of Accounting Systems Internationally: A Test of Gray's [1988] Theory
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Exploring the limits of Western leadership theory in East Asia and Africa
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The Human Side of Enterprise
TL;DR: The Human Side of Enterprise as discussed by the authors is one of the most widely used management literature and has been widely used in business schools, industrial relations schools, psychology departments, and professional development seminars for over four decades.
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The Human Side of Enterprise.
Frank A. Heller,Douglas McGregor +1 more
TL;DR: The Human Side of Enterprise as mentioned in this paper is one of the most widely used management literature and has been widely used in business schools, industrial relations schools, psychology departments, and professional development seminars for over four decades.
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Motivation, leadership, and organization: Do American theories apply abroad?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the experiment to deinonstrate how different people in the same situation may perceive quite different things and found that most of those conditioned by seeing the young girl first see only the young woman in the ambiguous image.
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Variations in Value Orientations.
Morris Rosenberg,Florence Rockwood Kluckhohn,Fred L. Strodtbeck,John M. Roberts,A. Kimball Romney,Clyde Kluckhohn,Harry A. Scarr +6 more
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Organization development and change
TL;DR: In this article, the authors work from a strong theoretical foothold and apply behavioral science knowledge to the development of organizational structures, strategies, and processes, blending theory, concepts and applications in a comprehensive and clear presentation.