Cross‐cultural research in Malaysia

Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey; Richardson, Sylvia

doi:10.1108/13527600310797603

Cited by 41 publications

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“…This research reinforces the view that the assumption that Malaysia is culturally homogeneous [7] was unjustified [8] .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

Culture and Managerial Styles: A Study of Potential Managers in Malaysia

Richardson¹,

Foong²

2004

American J. of Applied Sciences

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Multimedia University, (MMU) is the oldest and largest private university in Malaysia (a multiracial country). Its main campus in Cyberjaya, Selangor has four Faculties: Creative Multimedia (FCM), Information Technology (FIT), Engineering (FOE) and Management (FOM). English is the language of instruction. A questionnaire based on Basse (1982) was used and 931 usable responses obtained (about a quarter of the population). The independent variables were age, race (Malay, Chinese, Indian,'Others'), year of study and the Faculty. The dependent variables were the five managerial styles (Factual, Intuitive, Analytical, Normative and European) as measured by the questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha >0.9). Using One-way ANOVA etc. It was found that there were significant differences (at p<0.05) in managerial styles between races and academic years. FCM students were unique in that they preferred the Factual style, those from other Faculties preferred the Analytical style. Malay and Chinese students preferred the Analytical style, Indian students preferred the Factual style. Undergraduate courses at MMU are designed, inter alia, to produce managers for the students' chosen profession. The implication of this and the results obtained are discussed in terms of national and individual needs and the possible desirable changes in the courses at MMU and other institutions of higher learning.

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“…This research reinforces the view that the assumption that Malaysia is culturally homogeneous [7] was unjustified [8] .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

Culture and Managerial Styles: A Study of Potential Managers in Malaysia

Richardson¹,

Foong²

2004

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“…They are regarded as effective communicators across cultural contexts (Bell & Harrison, 1996;Fontaine & Richardson, 2003). Highly skilled migrants who have been exposed to the bilingual-bicultural context may have developed the information and interpersonal and action skills needed for successful IKT (Brannen, Garcia & Thomas, 2009) as people engaged in IKT need to correctly understand and interpret the culture of both sending and receiving parties (Brannen, 2004).…”

Section: Individuals With a Bilingual-bicultural Background And The Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of highly skilled migrants in the process of inter-firm knowledge transfer across borders

Liu

Gao

Liu

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Journal of World Business

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“…Cross-cultural analysis of the Malay and Chinese communities in Peninsular Malaysia have been a major area of research in various branches of social science including arts, politics, education (Osman, 1988;Kua, 1990) and business (Abdullah, 1996;Lrong, 1998;Sloane, 1999;Fontaine and Richardson, 2003;Omar, 2003). The interest is typically on variances in cultural values, management styles and business performance or economic achievements.…”

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An Analysis of Malay-Sino Relations in Malaysia

Idris¹

2008

ASS

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Having recently celebrated her fiftieth year of independence, Malaysia now needs to take a re-look at some critical issues concerning ethnic relations in the country. With increasing public pressure towards human rights and social equity, certain government initiatives such as the New Economic Policy may warrant a thorough overhaul. Such exercise, however, should only begin based on an improved understanding of the past and present associations among the various ethnic groups. With that in mind the current study sets out to paint a fresh and candid picture of the relationships between the two largest ethnic communities in Malaysia: the Malays and Chinese. This is sought through a review of the literature as well as an analysis of macro-level statistics, in particular the vital statistics, industry figures and mean incomes.

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Cross‐cultural research in Malaysia

Cited by 41 publications

References 30 publications

Culture and Managerial Styles: A Study of Potential Managers in Malaysia

Culture and Managerial Styles: A Study of Potential Managers in Malaysia

The role of highly skilled migrants in the process of inter-firm knowledge transfer across borders

An Analysis of Malay-Sino Relations in Malaysia

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