Demographic Effects on the Use of Vertical Sources of Guidance by Managers in Widely Differing Cultural Contexts
Year: 2005
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Data provided by 7380 middle managers from 60 nations are used to determine whether demographic variables are correlated with managers’ reliance on vertical sources of guidance in different nations and whether these correlations differ depending on national culture characteristics. Significant effects of Hofstede’s national culture scores, age, gender, organization ownership and department function are found. After these main effects have been discounted, significant although weak interactions are found, indicating that demographic effects are stronger in individualist, low power distance nations than elsewhere. Significant non-predicted interaction effects of uncertainty avoidance and masculinity-femininity are also obtained. The implications for theory and practice of the use of demographic attributes in understanding effective management procedures in various parts of the world are discussed.
Authors: Peter B. Smith, Mark F. Peterson, Abd Halim Ahmad, Debo Akande, Jon Aarum Andersen, Sabino Ayestaran, Massimo Bellotto, Stephen Bochner, Victor Callan, Carlos Davila, Bjorn Ekelund, Pierre-Henri François, Gert Graversen, Charles Harb, Jorge Jesuino, Aristotle Kantas, Lyudmila Karamushka, Paul Koopman, Kwok Leung, Pavla Kruzela, Sigmar Malvezzi, Andrew Mogaji, Shahrenaz Mortazavi, John Munene, Ken Parry, T. K. Peng, Betty Jane Punnett, Mark Radford, Arja Ropo, Sunita Sadhwani, Jose Saiz, Grant Savage, Ritch Sorenson, Erna Szabo, Punyacha Teparakul, Aqeel Tirmizi, Sevda Tsvetanova, Conrad Viedge, Carolyn Wall, Zhong Ming Wang, Vladimir Yanchuk
Institutions: University of Sussex, Florida Atlantic University
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1925293228