Cultural differences

Research tidbits: Culture and business

Here's our latest pick of interesting articles covering international differences in the business context. Overview of Hofstede-inspired country-level culture research since 2006 Kirkman, Lowe, & Gibson’s (2006) JIBS article summarized and critiqued international business research inspired by the most cited book in the field, Hofstede’s 1980 Culture’s Consequences: International differences in work-related values (Hofstede [1980]2001). They identified a number of issues in this research and offered several recommendations for improving it in the future, thus laying [...]

2020-08-25T14:08:48+10:00June 13th, 2017|News, Research Tidbits|

Research tidbits: National culture and ethics

A selection of interesting articles we found recently looking at national culture and ethics.   Spirituality, moral identity, and consumer ethics: A multi-cultural study This article presents the results of a cross-cultural study that examines the relationship between spirituality and a consumer’s ethical predisposition, and further examines the relationship between the internalisation of one’s moral identity and a consumer’s ethical predisposition. Finally, the moderating impact of cultural factors on the above relationships is tested using [...]

2020-08-25T14:08:55+10:00April 26th, 2017|News, Research Tidbits|
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