The dualism of greek firms and management: Present state and future implications

Greek management and culture

“…Lyberaki and Paraskevopoulos (2002) argue that these characteristics are partly attributable to the long tradition of authoritarian statism, but they also reflect the problematic transition from the military junta to democracy in the second half of the 1970s. It can be argued that since Hofstede's research in the late 1970s, Greek managers have significantly adapted their autocratic and paternalistic national management style, conditioned by their national culture, to the international corporate culture studied abroad (Makridakis et al, 1997). In addition, the societal values and the way that companies are structured and operate have made many steps towards convergence with the rest of the EU despite the significant cultural differences (Georgas, et al, 1997;Myloni et al, 2004;Triandis et al, 1986).…”

The enigma of quality in Greek higher education

“…Studying a 'hot topic' is already a sensitive and difficult matter in the best of circumstances. However, Greece has an environment that is internationally notorious for its difficulty for conducting empirical social science research: very low levels of cooperation have to be expected (Bourantas et al, 1990;Elefteriou & Robertson, 1999;Makridakis et al, 1997;Psychogios & Priporas, 2007;Spanos et al, 2002). An exception here would be empirical cases/surveys related to ISO, which reported high response rates: 57 percent by Gotzamani and Tsiotras (2001); 67 percent by Lipovatz et al (1999).…”

“…Thus, they are of limited value in accumulating knowledge, and using it to describe and explain management" (p. 12). Bourantas and Papadakis mentioned that the Makridakis' et al (1997) survey was a notable exception. Makridakis et al (1997) compared the characteristics of the Greek CEOs with the characteristics of Western European and American CEOs.…”

“…Bourantas and Papadakis mentioned that the Makridakis' et al (1997) survey was a notable exception. Makridakis et al (1997) compared the characteristics of the Greek CEOs with the characteristics of Western European and American CEOs. In their survey, several questions dealt with the usage of the various management tools and techniques.…”

“…The second, business process re-engineering, was used on average by 42% of Greek firms, versus 71% of firms abroad. Makridakis et al (1997) discovered that 19% of the Greek CEOs mentioned technology as critical, while the percentage of Japanese CEOs with the same response was 49%. The authors also took into account issues related to the Greek environment.…”