The Relationship between National Culture and Organisational Culture: The Case of Iranian Private Sector Organisations

Nazarian, Alireza; Irani, Zahir; Ali, Maryan

doi:10.7763/joebm.2013.v1.3

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“…According to Hofstede ("Organisational culture," n.d.), corporate culture is known as the style that workers connect and associate with each other, their jobs, and the external environment while comparing to other companies. Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory has been widely used in many different countries by lots of researchers as an approach to the corporate culture-related study (Irfan, 2016;Zeqiri & Alija, 2016;Ahmed & Shafiq, 2014;Nazarian, Irani, & Ali, 2013;Khastar, Kalhorian, Khalouei, & Maleki, 2011). In the current study, the researcher selected only two dimensions to study the corporate culture in the targeted multinational company; they are power distance and uncertainty avoidance.…”

Section: Hofstede's Methods To Corporate Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Power Distance and Uncertainty Avoidance on Employees’ Job Performance: Preliminary Findings

Jie¹,

Harun²,

Djubair³

2020

JTMB

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This study examines the relationship between corporate culture and employees' job performance in a multinational company operated in Malaysia. Malaysia is well-known as a culturally-diverse country in the world. Therefore, the selected multinational company needs to assessits internal cultures as workers from different ethnical backgrounds work together. Thegeneralobjectiveof this studyis to determine corporate culture's effect on job performance among the workers in the targeted multinational company. The selected cultural dimensions to study corporate culture were power distance and uncertainty avoidance, from a theory developed by Geert Hofstede. The research design adopted for the current study was a quantitative correlation design. A self-administered questionnaire was developed and distributed to the targeted respondents for obtainingprimary data. IBM SPSS 25.0 was employed to analyse reliability analysis, frequency analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. This study identified that both power distance and uncertainty avoidance exert a significant and moderately positive effect on employees' job performance. Hence, the selected multinational company should be alert and keep an eye on enhancing and strengthening the two said dimensions since itgives impact on the workers' job performance.

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Section: Hofstede's Methods To Corporate Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Power Distance and Uncertainty Avoidance on Employees’ Job Performance: Preliminary Findings

Jie¹,

Harun²,

Djubair³

2020

JTMB

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“…Nazarian and Atkinson, suggest that national culture affects “organisational culture and it can be deduced that national culture values have an impact on organisational effectiveness” (Nazarian and Atkinson, 2012: 74). Considering Qatar’s government schools and national culture, the Qatari national culture and the diverse national cultures that expatriate teachers bring to Qatar’s government schools could play a role in the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the school.…”

Section: Notions Of Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Considering Qatar’s government schools and national culture, the Qatari national culture and the diverse national cultures that expatriate teachers bring to Qatar’s government schools could play a role in the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the school. Therefore, it would be beneficial for principals to develop “an understanding of the relationship between organizational effectiveness and national culture” (Nazarian and Atkinson, 2012: 73). In addition, Smith (1991) confirms that national identity involves the attachment to a particular national culture.…”

Section: Notions Of Diversitymentioning

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Principals’ perspectives on faculty diversity in Qatar’s government schools

Romanowski¹,

Abu-Shawish²,

Merouani³

2018

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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Globalization requires the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) to experience numerous economic, social, and educational changes. In particular, Qatar’s unprecedented economic growth has created a flow of high- and low-skilled expatriate workers resulting in a significant imbalance between nationals and expatriates. The implications are evident in Qatar’s government schools where approximately 72% of teachers are expatriates and 99% of the principals are Qatari nationals. Although diversity can enrich schools, it could create conflicts that might hamper the school’s success. Despite the large body of research on school leadership and student diversity, little is written about principals and faculty diversity especially within the GCC. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore 20 Qatari principals’ perspectives regarding their understandings of diversity and experiences with faculty diversity. Findings demonstrate that principals perceive diversity in terms of nationality. They experienced positive and negative influences of diversity and are confronted with challenges that often center on ethnical and cultural issues. Principals addressed how they manage the issues of nationality, culture, and equality. The study suggests that school leadership in a multicultural society such as Qatar demands more competencies to manage faculty diversity. Several recommendations are offered for principals for working with a diverse faculty.

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“…In the review by Nazarian et al (2013), and citing from Hofstede (2007), there are five dimensions of national culture, namely:…”

Section: Structures Of the Organisationmentioning

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National Culture and Sustainability Disclosure Practices: A Literature Review

Adedeji

Popoola

Ong

2017

IPJAF

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The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which national culture is an explanatory variable for firmâ€™s disclosure choices for sustainable development in the advanced, emerging and developing nations of the world, especially that entities interact in globally knowledge-based economies. A review of theoretical and empirical studies carried out on some developed, emerging and developing nations was undertaken with particular reference to traits characterised in specific national cultural environments about their effects on sustainability disclosures. The reviews show that not much work had been done in this area of study, in particular concerning social and environmental disclosures. Furthermore, studies are in the developed nations as compared with the emerging and developing economies. The studies reviewed focused more on cross-national design with less attention on the longitudinal aspect. It was not possible to review papers that were not written in English language, just as it is also important to state that, not all published works were reviewed, especially with access denied to some online. There is a need for more empirical evidence to further justify the relevance of this study area for global sustainability disclosures and development. The review adds value with the recognition of the need to gear up researchers and policy making bodies to encourage advancement of studies on the intellectual capital concept and resource-based value theory to enhance sustainability development globally.

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The Relationship between National Culture and Organisational Culture: The Case of Iranian Private Sector Organisations

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Effect of Power Distance and Uncertainty Avoidance on Employees’ Job Performance: Preliminary Findings

Effect of Power Distance and Uncertainty Avoidance on Employees’ Job Performance: Preliminary Findings

Principals’ perspectives on faculty diversity in Qatar’s government schools

National Culture and Sustainability Disclosure Practices: A Literature Review

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