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2.valus, Attitudes and Cultural Dimensions
2.valus, Attitudes and Cultural Dimensions
Damodar Suar
Why to Study Values,Attitudes and
cross-cultural Dimensions?
(a) Most theories developed in western culture
(Europe, north America, Australia) where 30% of
people live. That cannot be applied to the rest of
the globe where 70% people live. Understanding
and reflecting on values, attitudes and cultural
dimensions would help to modify the theories in
OB.
(b) It would help to absorb the cultural shock.
Altruism
Aesthetics
Creativity
Intellectual Stimulation
Independence
Achievement
Prestige
Management
Economic Returns
Security
Surroundings
Supervisory Relations
Associates
Variety
Way of life
Socio-cultural Values,
Sinha & Sinha (1974)
Lack of commitment: Wide gap between what one promise and
what one actually does.
Lack of team orientation: Preference to work alone rather than to
work in a group.
Preference for personalized relationship: Maintaining a strong
relationship with own people and distancing from others.
Dependence proneness: Tendency to lean for advice, support,
guidance and help and protection from supervisors in a situation
which does not warrant such leanings.
Aram: Rest and relaxation without doing any hard work.
Showing-off: To show off oneself greater than actual in order to
prove superiority over others.
Socio-cultural Values,
Kanungo & Bhatnagar (1978)
Francophone managers-Survival
Anglophone managers-Self-actualization
Facets of Societal and
Organizational Culture,
Sinha & Others (2004)
Four major societal dimensions-hypocrisy, corruption,
inaction, and respect to power-were shared across
locations. Three additional dimensions-quick rich
disposition, face keeping, and non-work orientation-
were differently endorsed at different
locations.Organizations were perceived to have high
dimensions:entrepreneurial, exploitative, familial,
bureaucratic, growth-oriented, patronising,
professional, and parochial. All managers were
positive about their work, although locations had an
impact on hoe managers rated their achieving
behaviours and job satisfaction.
Organizational Values Suar and
Khuntia, 2005
Organizational leadership Organization’s reputation
Employee welfare Budget stability
Organizational growth Profit maximization
Product quality Customer service
Quality in personnel Cost consideration
Participative management Obedience to organizational rules
Maintenance of physical work conditions
Protection of the surrounding environment
Reward for employees’ worthy contribution
Tolerance for diversity
Service to the general public
Development of the community
Innovation Honesty
Sincerity Transparency
Three hundred forty middle-level managers from two
private and two public sector companies rated the 22-
values as guiding principles to them that identified the
personal values. Top-level managers of the same
organizations were asked to rate how important such
values were to the organization that indexed
organizational values. Value congruence was the
degree to which value ratings of the middle-level
manager matched the value ratings of top-level
managers. Value congruency was more in private than
in public sector. The important shared values among
managers were product quality and customer service
in both the sectors. Values of personal virtues more
inhibited unethical practices than value congruence.
Values embodying organizational excellence and
virtues increased work behavior compared to value
congruence.
The Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck
Framework
3. Nature of people
4. Activity orientation
5. Focus of responsibility
6. Concept of space
Hofstede’s Framework
(d) Masculinity/Femininity
Assertiveness
Future orientation
Gender differentiation
Uncertainty avoidance
Power distance
Individualism/Collectivism
In-Group collectivism
Performance orientation
Humane orientation
Types of Attitudes