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Showing 1 to 20 of 174 for “"national culture"”.
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National culture and socioeconomic development : the Venezuelan case
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1986.
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Exploring the Impact of National Culture on Logistics Performance
… across countries through focusing on their national culture dimensions. Using secondary data from the international Logistics Performance Index (LPI) report as well as the scores from Hofstede’s national culture dimension surveys, the impact of national culture on logistics performance was …
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Human resource management practices and national culture: Empirical evidence from Pakistan.
This study examined impact of national culture on human resource management (HRM) functioning in present-day Pakistan.
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Effective global teams : impact of organizational culture change and national culture differences
… one remotely located team of a U.S. based multinational in the automotive industry based in Japan. It begins by reviewing the literature on the subject, followed by a general discussion of the concept of organizational culture change and the impact of national culture differences in working …
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Employee learning for workplace training and national culture: insights from Canada and Morocco
… comparative study investigates the influence of national culture on learning for work. The premise is that one’s national culture has an influence on how employees learn. The purpose is two-fold; first, to present a comparative, exploratory and interpretative analysis of how national culture …
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High Performance Work Practices, National Culture, and Knowledge Transfer Within U.S. Multinational Corporations
… Eastern Europe (Russia). Based on these cross-national data, I examined the impact of different business strategies and high performance work practices on knowledge transfer within U.S. MNCs. I further tested the influence of national culture on four subsystems of high performance work …
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The Relationship Between National Culture and the Usability of an E -Learning System
The findings in this study signify that not everyone in a society fits the cultural dimensions precisely, but there is enough statistical regularity to identify trends and tendencies. These trends and tendencies should not be treated as defective or used to create negative stereotypes but …
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Film and national culture in Namibia: a study and analysis of how the films 100 Bucks and Try have contributed to the creation of post-colonial identity and national culture in independent Namibia
… a study of the different literature regarding national culture, African cinema and postcolonial identity and explore how it relates to local cinema in Namibia. How have Namibian films contributed to this debate? The films 100 Bucks and Try contributed to the creation of postcolonial identity …
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The Influence of National Culture on Knowledge Transfer within the Middle East Management Training Sector
… years. The UAE has excelled at attracting international talent but has failed to utilise the available knowledge for their talent development. For managers in the region, this knowledge is often transferred through management training, and management training is a significant part of Human …
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Process Innovation in Colombia: Engaging Front-Line Employees in a High Power Distance National Culture
… of innovation in strengthening firms and national economies. Both findings correlate strongly with my extensive practitioner experience in a Central American nation that demonstrates high levels of power distance. However, even in nations with high power distance, innovative firms exist …
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Measuring state-owned health care organisations board performance, accounting for national culture: the case of Greece
… in public hospitals in Greece, and to national culture. Board competencies models were developed, and empirically tested, modified and retested using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) approach. Findings: Six valid and reliable self-administered questionnaires were constructed to …
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Working in response to managerial controls under the influences of national culture: Vietnamese academics’ lived experiences.
This study investigates the nature of academic work in contemporary academia, which is set in an under-researched context, Vietnam. The research context is unique in its blending between long and rich cultural values and Western ideologies in management. The study examines how Vietnamese academics …
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The competitive advantage of cultures : an inquiry into the effects of national culture on industrial competitiveness.
… public attention has been paid to issues of national competitiveness and national differences in industrial perfo1mance. In particular the success of .high-technology industries has preoccupied the public mind. In this context, authors like Porter (1990) have contended that national …
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The Influence of national culture dimensions on agile implementations in the South African software development context
Culture plays a role in how Agile frameworks are utilised and implemented. Agility requires the active involvement of team members and is said to be suitable in contexts where there is a horizontal hierarchy (low power distance) and where flexibility and spontaneity (low uncertainty avoidance) are …
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Brian O'Nolan's Multiple Selves: Flann O'Brien and Myles na gCopaleen and Addressing the National Culture of Ireland
… be reexamined as one form of Ireland's modernist culture, helping to bridge the transition from colony to emerging global power. Chapter one starts with persona Flann O'Brien's last novel, <italic>Slattery's Sago Saga</italic> (1965-1966), which is an appropriate beginning because its multiple …
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The influence of national culture on health and safety performance in Kuwait oil and gas sector construction projects
Difference in terms of culture among the workers in a workplace setting must not be ignored as it is the main cause of misinterpretations and misunderstandings, which eventually lead to accidents. Responses to the acts, behaviours and activities resulting in increased risks vary between …
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The Influence of National Culture on Work-Related Values and Job Satisfaction Between American and Filipino Registered Nurses
… ex post facto study explored the effects of national culture on work-related values and job satisfaction between American and Filipino registered nurses. Three questionnaires were used: Hofstede's Values Survey Module 94, the Survey of Work Values and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. …
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The influence and implications of national culture on entrepreneurial activity : a contrastive investigation of Sweden and the United States
… such differences by focusing on differences in national culture between Sweden and the United States. By contrasting three value constructs; (1) social contract values (2) consensus values, and (3) modernity-rational values, this thesis will provide a picture of the entrepreneurial cultural …
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The influence of national culture on the preparation,evaluation and negotiation of claimson international construction projects : a constructivist grounded theory
… in the commercial complexities of the international construction industry. The catalyst for the research was a challenging construction project in the Gaza Strip 20 years ago which, following the events of the second Intifada, resulted in the need for a series of claims that were prepared, …
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