Manufacturing Strategies and Choices in Cultural Contexts

Alas, Ruth; Kraus, Ants; Niglas, Katrin

doi:10.3846/1611-1699.2009.10.279-289

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“…According to Alas and Edwards (2005), the differences in attitudes held toward society, organisations and work by people in Asia and Europe are influenced both by institutional context and cultural background. Alas, Kraus and Niglas (2009) state that obtaining knowledge about traditions and customs in concrete country is useful before starting production in this country.…”

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Impact of Innovation Climate on Individual and Organisational Level Factors in Asia and Europe

Übius

Alas

Elenurm

2013

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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Organisation climate plays an important role for the innovation of an organisation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate connections between the innovation climate and individual and organisational level factors. Surveys were conducted among Japanese, Chinese, Estonian, Czech and Slovakian enterprises. Linear regression analysis was conducted. The results of an empirical study show that the innovation climate predicts differently some individual and organisational level factors in studied countries. Two innovation climate facets -commitment and freedom predict individual level factors-attitude toward the firm in all 5 countries. In two studied Asian countries, Japan and China, commitment predicts meaning of work and job satisfaction whereas in all three new European Union member states some links between facets of the innovation climate and individual meaning of work and job satisfaction were missing. Although individual job satisfaction and meaning of work in is still shaped by to some extent different mechanisms in studied countries, implications of the innovative climate for organisation are more similar, at least in industries that are influenced by rapid technological development and globalization. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Übius, Ü.; Alas, R.; Elenurm, T. 2013. Impact of innovation climate on individual and organisational level factors in Asia and Europe, Journal of Business Economics and Management 14(1): 1-21. JEL Classification: O31. Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 04:30 27 December 2014 2.2. Theoretical basis for individual level factors in the Denki Ringo questionnaire 2.2.1. Job satisfaction Brayfield and Rothe (1951) stated that job satisfaction is individual's attitude towards their work.According to Sockel et al. (2004) employees' perception of innovation has a direct impact on their level of job satisfaction.Locke's (1976) states in his range of affect theory that satisfaction is determined by a discrepancy between what one wants in a job and what one has in a job. According to

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Impact of Innovation Climate on Individual and Organisational Level Factors in Asia and Europe

Übius

Alas

Elenurm

2013

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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“…Previous studies have proven that organizational culture enhances organizational innovativeness, efficiency and improved productivity within organizations (Alas et al, 2009). Hence, the shipbuilding industry needs to practice and prioritize the culture that enhances innovativeness as an avenue for the attainment of competitive edge.…”

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Organizational external factors, culture, and innovativeness of shipbuilding companies: Moderating role of resources

Kamaruddeen¹

2018

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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In examining the influence of organizational culture and external factors on the innovativeness moderated by company resources among the shipbuilding companies operating in Sarawak Malaysia, we draw upon a theoretical perspective to develop hypotheses proposing that the organizational culture and external factors do influence the innovativeness among the shipbuilding companies in Sarawak. We used the simple random sampling to collect data from shipbuilding companies in Sarawak. We received 41 valid questionnaires out of 65 questionnaires distributed, yielding 63% response rate. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the direct and moderating effect on the variables. The result shows an unexpected negative relationship between organizational culture and innovativeness. However, external factors have a significant relationship with innovativeness among the shipbuilding companies. In addition, company resources moderate the relationships between culture and innovativeness. The findings from this study suggest that to enhance the innovativeness among the shipbuilding companies operating in Sarawak, managers and chief executives need to seriously consider all dimensions of culture, external factors and company resources examined in this research. It is hoped that our findings complement the existing body of knowledge and contribute to future studies on organizational innovativeness.

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“…Ce sont désormais les caractéristiques culturelles locales qui s'avèrent d'une influence déterminante sur le fonctionnement organisationnel. D'innombrables études, prolongeant les travaux de Hofstede (1980;1991), ont ainsi cherché à démontrer que l'importation d'instruments managériaux à l'occidentale dans d'autres contextes est inexorablement vouée à l'échec et que l'organisation gagne à s'adapter à son contexte culturel spécifique (d'Iribarne, 1989;Trompenaars, 1994;House et al, 2004;Alas, Kraus & Niglas, 2009). Dans un contexte africain, ce serait donc avant tout l'attention portée aux liens de parenté ou ethniques traditionnels, aux réseaux religieux, au soutien communautaire, etc.…”

Section: Gestion Des Différences Culturelles Et Performances Organisaunclassified

Le management interculturel comme processus de traduction. Le cas d’une entreprise béninoise

Pichault

Nizet

2013

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La littérature scientifique propose plusieurs manières d’analyser l’influence des différences culturelles sur le management des organisations : on peut distinguer à cet égard les positions universaliste, contingente et interprétativiste. À partir de l’analyse d’un cas d’entreprise béninoise qui exporte sa production en Europe, nous examinons dans quelle mesure cette troisième voie permet d’expliquer l’atteinte de performances durables pour les organisations africaines. Nous montrons que c’est moins la combinaison de composantes culturelles occidentales et locales qui garantit l’efficacité, mais plutôt la manière dont les dirigeants parviennent, au moyen d’un travail de traduction, à réduire les dépendances dans lesquelles l’organisation se trouve par rapport à ses différents environnements.

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Manufacturing Strategies and Choices in Cultural Contexts

Cited by 31 publications

References 19 publications

Impact of Innovation Climate on Individual and Organisational Level Factors in Asia and Europe

Impact of Innovation Climate on Individual and Organisational Level Factors in Asia and Europe

Organizational external factors, culture, and innovativeness of shipbuilding companies: Moderating role of resources

Le management interculturel comme processus de traduction. Le cas d’une entreprise béninoise

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