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Cross‐Cultural Role Expectations in Nine European Country‐Units of A Multinational Enterprise
Author(s) -
Yaconi Leonardo Liberman
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6486.00277
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , subsidiary , sample (material) , categorization , business , differential (mechanical device) , country of origin , marketing , finance , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , epistemology , engineering , aerospace engineering
The study analyses role expectations of 104 staff from nine European country‐units within a multinational enterprise (MNE). Questions were administered to a sample of staff to elicit data on managers’ and employees’ expectations about managerial and employee roles. Following a categorization of reports and statistical analyses within and between country‐units (i.e. subsidiaries and headquarters offices), results offer substantial evidence of differential patterns of role expectations across country‐units, suggesting influences of local cultures and other societal forces. Significant differences were also found between managers and employees independent of country‐office for expectations about the managerial and employee roles. Implications for research and practice are presented and future research directions are suggested.