Impact Of Hofstede Research Articles

The Impact of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension “Power Distance” on Corporate Performance in the Financial Sector in Jordan

The Impact of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension “Power Distance” on Corporate Performance in the Financial Sector in Jordan

The effect of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions on the degree of compliance with IFRS Standards in developing countries

This paper aims to highlight the cultural impact of Hofstede (1980) on the degree of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in 55 developing countries for the year 2014, based on the method adopted by Elad (2015) in order to identify IFRS Standards. Results show that culture (by means of three components, namely power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity) does not promote the degree of compliance with IFRS. However, only one significant relationship was found between individualism and the degree of compliance with IFRS Standards. This finding confirms Gray’s (1988) observation that individualism fosters a climate of transparency and professionalism

Smartschool.com’s performance review- an opportunity for growth or to quit?

Learning outcomes This case will help students to improve their understanding of several important aspects of an organization’s culture and the importance of ethics in developing an organization’s culture. Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the concept of values and their importance in business and learn what organizations should do to make their culture more value-driven. Students will be able to identify the impact an organization’s blurred culture causes and understand the concept of “value congruence” and its need to get higher employee performance. Students will be able to understand the importance of Holland’s person-job fit theory, in an organizational context, along with the impact of Hofstede’s national culture on the organizations’ culture of a country. Students will realize how a result-driven performance management system impacts an employee’s morale negatively, and discover why an organization should balance on giving equal importance to both result and behavior-based performance appraisal system. Students will develop sensitivity to the application of the “triple bottom line” and deontological approach in ethics, and determine how to formulate policies for sustainable and ethical process-driven organizations. Case overview/synopsis There are two aspects to this case. On the one hand, it talks about the ethical dilemma faced by the protagonist Mr. Vijay Shekhar while working with Smartschool.com, with its head office in Bangalore, India. On the other hand, the case focuses on the performance management system at Smartschool.com, its existing framework and the impact it has on employees and other stakeholders. It also emphasizes the importance of establishing a value-driven culture in an organization for its long term sustenance. Complexity academic level Graduate and under-graduate business students/MBA level. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 6: Human resource management.

The Impacts of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Ownership Structure on Dividend Policy of Financial Sectors in Jordan

Purpose - This study aims to explore the significant relationship of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Ownership Structure with Dividend policy in financial companies listed - (Insurance and Banking sectors) - at Amman stock exchange for the year of 2019. Methodology - The study based on agency theory and Hofstede's cultural dimension theory to understand the nature of the theoretical relationship between these variables. The six Dimensions- (PDI: Power Distance Index; IDV: Individualism versus Collectivism; MAS: Masculinity versus Femininity; UAI: Uncertainty Avoidance Index; LOT: Long- Versus Short-Term Orientation; IND: Indulgence versus Restraint) are represented as proxies of Hofstede’s Cultural theory. On the other hand, Foreign Ownership; Concentrated Ownership and Institutional Ownership are represented as proxies of Ownership Structure. The Payout ratio is used as a proxy for the Dividend Policy. The questionnaire was distributed to target companies to measure cultural dimensions. The study tested the validity and reliability of the questionnaire by using the Cronbach Alpha factor. The researchers have employed the SSPS program to process the data statistically and to test the hypotheses and models of study. Further, Linear Regressions Technique was used to predict the significant relationship among the variables Findings - Results have shown that six Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Ownership Structure have no significant relationship with Dividend policy. Conclusion - The study contributes to the existing literature by filling out the gap in studies that have been carried out on the impact of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Ownership Structure on Dividend policy in Jordan. Furthermore, the study has practical implications such as directing the Jordanian companies to make an effective investment decision by recognizing the effect of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Ownership Structure on Dividend policy. Also, helping researchers, thereby serving as an input and a motivation for further research in the future.

The impact of trust, security, and privacy on individual’s use of the internet for online shopping and social media: a multi-cultural study

This paper examines through the lens of expectancy-valence theory the impact of trust, privacy, and security on the decision to use the internet for online shopping and social media. It also investigates the moderating impact of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on the hypothesised relationships. The comparative analysis of 302 surveys from users in the USA and Qatar revealed that trust in internet technology and trust in vendors are the strongest two factors in making decisions to use the internet for online shopping and social media. The results indicated that the cultural dimensions moderated the hypothesised relationships. Surprisingly, Qataris respondents, compared to US respondents, were more influenced by privacy concerns when making decisions to use the internet for online shopping or social media. Implications for researchers and practitioners are reported.

The Impact of Hofstede’s National Culture on Usage of Emails Among Academician in Malaysian Public Universities

This research investigates the impact of Hoftstede’s National Culture which mediated by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) on usage of emails among academician in Malaysian public universities. Data was collected by using survey questionnaires among 146 academic staff from two public universities in Malaysia. Path analysis was conducted using SmartPLS 2.0 to assess the usage of emails model. Study found that power distance (PD), uncertainty avoidance (UA) and collectivism (C) have negative impact on perceived ease of use (PEOU) of usage of emails. Study further discovered that PD, and C have negative influence on perceived usefulness (PU) of usage of emails. In addition, study found that masculinity (M) has no noteworthy impact on both PEOU and PU of usage of emails. Moreover, long-term orientation (LT) and Indulgence (I) were found to have noteworthy positive relationship with PEOU and PU on usage of emails. On technology acceptance model (TAM), PEOU and PU were found to have noteworthy positive impact on usage of emails (U) while PEOU has a noteworthy positive impact PU of usage of emails. This paper discusses the implications of these findings for future academic research and practice.

The past is prologue: Moving on from Culture’s Consequences

In this article, we examine the theoretical and empirical understanding of culture within the international business discipline post the publication of Kirkman, Lowe, & Gibson, (2006). In their paper, Kirkman et al. (2006) provide a comprehensive retrospective on the impact of Hofstede’s seminal publication, Culture’s Consequences. In addition to looking at what followed on from Hofstede, they laid out a research program they believed was necessary to move the study of culture forward. Unfortunately, in their current review published in this issue, they outlined how little, if any, of their thoughtful guidance was taken to heart. In our perspective, we believe that this signals that the study and use of culture in the international business field has become stuck in a theoretical and methodological rut and more radical thinking is necessary if we are going to advance beyond “more of the same” science that simply reiterates repeatedly that that culture matters without any coherent advancement of the key role that it plays in the international arena.

The impact of cultural factors on the process of resource allocation in Charity institutes of Sistan and Baluchestan

Organizational culture is the topic recently which is reached in the realm of management knowledge and organizational behavior. Looking for new ideas and research in management, organizational culture has become increasingly important and one of the main topics of the management association is formed. Culture is the driving force in today's organizations. From Hofstede's view organization Culture is built, a variety of factors, including individualism, organizational power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and Femininity. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on resource allocation process in Charity institute. Research method is descriptive – survey. And a questionnaire was developed to collect data. Research sample consist of 96 people from managers and deputy of Charity institute of Sistan and Baluchestan. Research results show that all Hofstede's cultural dimensions have relationship with resource allocation process.

Impact of National Culture on Business Continuity Management System Implementation

It is increasingly evident that the concerns of business continuity management are not limited by national boundaries. Yet, very few studies have been carried out on business continuity from a cross-cultural perspective. The current paper tries to address this gap in literature by looking at a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) implementation. The researchers examine the impact of national culture on the variables of BCMS implementation success using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions as factors. The unique aspect this study was that the researchers analyzed BCMS implementation effectiveness through the four phases of the PDCA cycle, while assessing the impact of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.

Impact of Hofstede’s (1980, 2001) ‘Software of the Mind’ on the Transfer of Management Practices: The Case of the Transfer of the British Voluntarist Employment Relations Practice to Nigeria

Every group of people have adopted different ways of managing themselves and have evolved different ways of managing their economies (primitive, rural, sophisticated, or modern) based on their culture (software of the mind). This is to say that every human group has evolved different management practices hinged on their different cultures (software of the minds); and since there is no scientific yardstick for determining that one group as intrinsically superior or inferior to another, it will therefore be problematic to attempt to transfer the management practices developed in one cultural area to another cultural area. This study tries to examine the challenges faced by both the colonial masters and the Nigerians during and after the transfer of the British Voluntarist employment relations practice to Nigeria.

The moderating impact of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on the relationship between organisational justice and organisational citizenship behaviours: a study in Pakistani work context

The relationships among employee’s work related variables, cultural variables and OCBs are investigated in Pakistani work setting. The study sought to extend the literature by investigating whether individual differences in employees’ cultural value orientations effect the organisational justice-OCB relationships. Based on Hofstede’s (1980) cultural values framework the dimensions of individualism/collectivism and power distance were hypothesised as moderators of social exchange relationship between employee’s perception of organisational justice and OCB. Results demonstrate that organisational justice (distributive and interactional) is strongly related to citizenship behaviour for employees who endorse individualistic orientations. The moderating influence of power distance orientation was not found for the relationship between justice and citizenship behaviour. Findings of the study are discussed in terms of generalisability of citizenship behaviour and its relation to organisational justice and cultural context.