Relationship between Uncertainty Avoidance Culture, Entrepreneurial Activity and Economic Development

Hancıoğlu, Yasemin; Doğan, Ülkühan Bike; Yıldırım, Şükran Sırkıntıoğlu

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.09.100

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“…We make further theoretical contributions to the emerging literature on uncertainty avoidance by providing a more fine-grained understanding of the complexity of this notion. There is a recognition that uncertainty avoidance relates negatively to entrepreneurship (Freytag and Thurik, 2007; Hancıoğlua et al, 2014; Hayton et al, 2002); however, our results indicate that this conclusion is supported only under a premise of high entrepreneurial legitimacy.…”

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The influence of job satisfaction on entrepreneurial intention: A cross-level investigation

Yang

et al. 2021

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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This article develops a framework to demonstrate how employee job satisfaction influences entrepreneurial intentions. Based on new institutional theory, we examine our hypotheses using data from 39,394 employees from 27 countries; the results indicate that job satisfaction has a negative effect on entrepreneurial intentions moderated by uncertainty avoidance at the country level. Furthermore, a cross-level three-way interaction indicates that entrepreneurship legitimacy is an important climate-level variable that influences the entrepreneurial intentions of employees. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings and future research directions.

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The influence of job satisfaction on entrepreneurial intention: A cross-level investigation

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International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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“…National culture distance is not statistically significant in explaining the variation of the performance of foreign affiliates in Saudi Arabia (significance at p <0.05). This goes against the results of previous studies that found that, in most cases, there was a significant correlation with the performance of international companies in emerging countries (Kogut and Singh, 1988;Barkema and Vermeulen, 1997;Leung, 1997;Park and Ungson, 1997;Hennart et al, 1998;Delios and Beamish, 2001;Li et al, 2001;Antia et al, 2007;Meschi and Riccio, 2008;López-Duarte and Vidal-Suárez, 2013;Hancıoğlu et al, 2014). However, the sign of national culture distance is negative.…”

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National cultural differences and foreign direct investment in emergent countries

Zaabi¹

2018

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The aim of this study is to examine the effects of cultural differences on foreign direct investment performance in a rent-based economy. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 121 firms. The findings show that cultural distance, in general, did not have an effect on international foreign direct investment performance, but the hypothesis relating individualism scores of cultures from where foreign investment belongs and the performance of foreign affiliates is verified. The moral engagement of local employees appeared to have a catalytic effect. In contrast, uncertainty avoidance does not have any significant impact on the performance of affiliates. We also find that the performance of a foreign affiliate increases when they invest in the industry in which the host country has a comparative advantage.

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“…The decision-making process for the Malaysian company could also be affected by the country of origin (host country) decision making culture and this process is cascaded down to the Malaysian decision makers. The Hofstede's national culture index places Malaysia as a low uncertainty avoidance country which reflects Malaysia manager's taste for risk-taking (Hofstede, 2001;Hancıoğlu et al, 2014). This study indicates that Malaysia-based multinational manufacturing IT decision makers are willing to take a calculated risk in the aspect of technology readiness for CSA.…”

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“…Decision makers in countries with low uncertainty avoidance tend to take the risk and are comfortable with it. Countries such as Malaysia with low uncertainty avoidance (Hancıoğlu et al, 2014), has a culture that is pragmatic and tolerant with change while being comfortable with ambiguity and unstructured. Research by Kurnia et al (2015) indicated that organisations that operate out of low uncertainty avoidance countries have a high tolerance for technology development and adoption.…”

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The roles of uncertainty avoidance and strategic agility in cloud storage adoption among multinational manufacturing companies in Malaysia

Supramaniam

Teoh

2019

IJSSM

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Cloud technology adoption is becoming a key sustainable information technology (IT) strategy for companies in developing countries with an investment potential of US$900 million by 2020. This study examined the antecedents and outcome of cloud storage adoption among multinational manufacturing companies (MNCs) in Malaysia. A total of 122 responses were collected and analysed with SmartPLS 3.2.7. Results show that relative advantage, top management support, technology readiness, cost saving and stakeholder pressure significantly influence cloud storage adoption; while uncertainty avoidance moderates the relationship between technology readiness and adoption. Interestingly, cloud storage adoption impacts firm performance while strategic agility enhances this relationship. This study provides a new perspective by examining the influence of national culture and strategic agility in the context of cloud storage adoption and its outcome among MNCs in Malaysia. In conclusion, this study contributes holistic and meaningful insights to IT practitioners and researchers in adopting cloud technology as a sustainable IT strategy.

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Relationship between Uncertainty Avoidance Culture, Entrepreneurial Activity and Economic Development

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

The influence of job satisfaction on entrepreneurial intention: A cross-level investigation

The influence of job satisfaction on entrepreneurial intention: A cross-level investigation

National cultural differences and foreign direct investment in emergent countries

The roles of uncertainty avoidance and strategic agility in cloud storage adoption among multinational manufacturing companies in Malaysia

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