Culture, religion and productivity: Evidence from European regions

Kaasa, Anneli

doi:10.15208/beh.2016.02

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“…This result is in accordance with the positive effect of individualism on labor productivity found in data from 78 regions is 22 European countries (Kaasa, 2016).…”

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Migration, Cultural Identity and Diasporas An Identity Economics Approach

Prinz

2019

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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Besides effects on economic well-being, migration of people with distant cultural backgrounds may also have large effects on people’s cultural identity. In this paper, the identity economics of Akerlof and Kranton (2000) is applied to migration. Accordingly, it is assumed that the utility of both the immigrants and the native population encompasses economic well-being and cultural identity. The migration effect on cultural identity depends, among others, on the distance between cultures. In a simple immigration game it is shown that immigrants may prefer to live rather in diaspora communities than to integrate into the host countries’ culture. This subgame-perfect equilibrium choice of immigrants seems the more likely the greater the cultural distance between their country of origin and the destination country is. Among the available policy instruments, restrictions on the freedom of movement and settlement of immigrants may be the most effective way to prevent the setup of large diaspora communities. For young immigrants and later generations of immigrants, integration via compulsory schooling is the most important policy. In general, cultural, religious and social institutions may support integration.

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“…This result is in accordance with the positive effect of individualism on labor productivity found in data from 78 regions is 22 European countries (Kaasa, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Migration, Cultural Identity and Diasporas An Identity Economics Approach

Prinz

2019

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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“…Authors did not comment on the possible reasons for WCCR differences 32. Kaasa (2016) The author examined the relationship between regional culture, religion, and labor productivity across 78 European regions 33. Rajh et al (2016) The authors examine regional cultural differences in Croatia using Hofstede's cultural dimensions of power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation.…”

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Seeking and explaining culturally meaningful within-country regions: A functional, institutional and critical event analysis

Kara

Peterson

Søndergaard

2021

Int'l Jnl of Cross Cultural Management

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Cross-cultural management scholars traditionally use country boundaries to study societal culture, while recognizing that regions within many countries show cultural differences. We review survey studies published in business journals between 1991 and 2021 that assess within-country cultural differences among administrative regions. We classify the articles according to their theoretical bases, methodological approaches, and outcomes. We use a functional, institutional, and critical event framework to suggest direction for theory that is and can be used to seek and explain within-country cultural regions. We also evaluate currently used databases, measurement, and analysis approaches to suggest ways forward.

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“…For our research specifically, one relevant aspect of nationality might be how culture changes the way heavy work investors perceive and evaluate their experiences in terms of, for example, being devoted to or obsessed by one's job, working intensely or feeling energetic at work. For instance, factors such as having a Protestant work ethic (Furnham, 1984) might be involved, given that work-related ideologies are seen as responsible for cross-national differences in attitudes towards work and productivity (Czerw & Grabowski, 2015;Hofstede et al, 2010;Kaasa, 2016). Similarly, one might hypothesize that workers from Protestant countries, like the United States, Germany, or the Netherlands (Snir & Harpaz, 2004), are more likely to show higher correlations between workaholism and work engagement components compared with workers from countries with a different cultural background, because we expect these variables to overlap in cultures that strongly and positively emphasize investment in work.…”

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Workaholism and work engagement: how are they similar? How are they different? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Stefano

Gaudiino

2019

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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Workaholism and work engagement can be depicted, respectively, as the pathological and the healthy form of heavy work investment. In spite of their different definitions and outcomes on individual and organizational life, workaholism and work engagement are not clearly and adequately distinguished by scholars and researchers as they appear to show some overlapping features. The aim of this investigation was to meta-analyze available studies, selected by systematic review, on the relations between subdimensions of workaholism and work engagement. Thirty-five studies were eligible for analysis. Associations emerged between Working Excessively and Absorption (g = .34), Working Compulsively and Absorption (g = .28), and Working Excessively and Dedication (g = .14). Moreover, the results were not influenced by publication bias and showed nationality to be a significant moderator. Overall, these findings suggest that further research is necessary to extend our knowledge of workaholism, work engagement, and the relationship between the two, in order to disentangle commonalities and differences between them.

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Culture, religion and productivity: Evidence from European regions

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Migration, Cultural Identity and Diasporas An Identity Economics Approach

Migration, Cultural Identity and Diasporas An Identity Economics Approach

Seeking and explaining culturally meaningful within-country regions: A functional, institutional and critical event analysis

Workaholism and work engagement: how are they similar? How are they different? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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