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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Demographic effects on the use of vertical sources of guidance by managers in widely differing cultural contexts
International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Volume 5, No. 1, Year 2005
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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. Copyright © 2005 SAGE Publications.
Authors & Co-Authors
Smith, Peter Bevington
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Peterson, Mark F.
United States, Boca Raton
Florida Atlantic University
Ahmad, Abd Halim
Unknown Affiliation
Akande, Adebowale Williams
Unknown Affiliation
Bochner, Stephen
Unknown Affiliation
Harb, Charles
Unknown Affiliation
Correia Jesuino, Jorge Correia
Unknown Affiliation
Karamushka, Liudmyla
Unknown Affiliation
Koopman, Paul L.
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Leung, Kwok
Unknown Affiliation
Malvezzi, Sigmar
Unknown Affiliation
Mogaji, Andrew A.
Unknown Affiliation
Mortazavi, Shahrenaz
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Munene, John Chrysostom Kigozi
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Peng, Tai Kuang T.K.
Unknown Affiliation
Punnett, Betty Jane
Unknown Affiliation
Szabo, Erna
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Viedge, Conrad
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Wall, Carolyn
Unknown Affiliation
Yanchuk, Vladimir
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Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 20
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/1470595805050822
ISSN:
17412838