TY - JOUR
T1 - Cooperation across cultures
T2 - An examination of the concept in 16 countries
AU - Country Collaborator
AU - Leonard, Karen Moustafa
AU - Cosans, Christopher
AU - Pakdil, Fatma
AU - Brew, Fran
AU - Tanure, Betania
AU - Coutina-Hill, Vilma
AU - Kuo, Ben
AU - Kwantes, Catherine T.
AU - Rojas-Mendez, Jose
AU - Kim, Tae Yeol
AU - Lammel, Annamaria
AU - Schmid, Stefan
AU - Srivastava, B. N.
AU - Setiadi, Bernadette
AU - Keeley, Tim
AU - Surkiene, Gene
AU - Nasurdin, Aizzat Mohd
AU - Mockaitis, Audra I.
AU - Nowak, Mikal
AU - Kim, Sang Pyo
AU - Shin, Mansoo
AU - Tsai, Fu Sheng
AU - Wu, Ling Ling
AU - Akdogan, Asuman
AU - Esatoglu, Ezel
AU - Gumus, Murat
AU - Koyuncu, Mustafa
AU - Kemal Oktem, M.
AU - Tasci, Deniz
AU - Tokgoz, Nuray
AU - Yousef, Darwish
AU - Salciuviene, Laura
AU - Rodriguez, Suzana B.
AU - Chamseddine, Nadine Jbeily
AU - Ford, David
AU - Rajadhyaksha, Ujvala
AU - Soler, Olga
PY - 2012/3/1
Y1 - 2012/3/1
N2 - Businesses are coordinated organizations, and cooperation among employees reduces overall organizational costs. Understanding how important cooperation is among different cultures is important, as business becomes increasingly global. However, cross-cultural literature on cooperation deals with firm alliances, joint ventures, and other firm interrelationships, but not on societal differences in cooperation. Is cooperation similar across cultures? Using proxies, this study sought to operationalize cooperation and examine its underpinnings in countries, using the cultural dimensions of individualism and power distance. Although the initial hypotheses stated that cooperation would look different across these dimensions, the international set of 6452 respondents showed that the overwhelming majority had a similar view of cooperation. The study adds to our understanding of cooperation in different societies and contexts, and suggests that there may be a universal view of cooperation across cultures.
AB - Businesses are coordinated organizations, and cooperation among employees reduces overall organizational costs. Understanding how important cooperation is among different cultures is important, as business becomes increasingly global. However, cross-cultural literature on cooperation deals with firm alliances, joint ventures, and other firm interrelationships, but not on societal differences in cooperation. Is cooperation similar across cultures? Using proxies, this study sought to operationalize cooperation and examine its underpinnings in countries, using the cultural dimensions of individualism and power distance. Although the initial hypotheses stated that cooperation would look different across these dimensions, the international set of 6452 respondents showed that the overwhelming majority had a similar view of cooperation. The study adds to our understanding of cooperation in different societies and contexts, and suggests that there may be a universal view of cooperation across cultures.
KW - Collectivism
KW - Cooperation
KW - Culture
KW - Individualism
KW - Management
KW - Power distance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858620951
SN - 0147-1767
VL - 36
SP - 238
EP - 247
JO - International Journal of Intercultural Relations
JF - International Journal of Intercultural Relations
IS - 2
ER -