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The purpose of our exploratory study is to describe the characteristics of a sample of Central and East European students in business and engineering from their cultural assumption perspective. The cluster-distinctive cultural practices are: High Power Distance, In-group and Institutional Collectivism, low Humane and Future Orientation. Expectations (ideals) record significant differences for all cultural dimensions, with the highest ones concerning Power Distance (desire to decrease), Performance Orientation and Humane Orientation (desire to increase). Country of origin influences the students' perceptions to a greater extent than their expectations, letting us presume that some of the societal cultural dimensions in the investigated region might show a trend toward harmonisation. Ziel dieser explorativen Studie ist es, die Charakteristiken einer Stichprobe aus zentral-und osteuropäischen Studierenden der Wirtschafts-und Ingenieurwissenschaften in Hinblick auf ihre kulturgeprägten Annahmen zu untersuchen. Für diese Region als typisch wahrgenommene Praktiken beziehen sich auf folgende Gesellschaftskulturdimensionen: hohe Machtdistanz, hoher gruppenbezogener und institutioneller Kollektivismus, sowie niedrige Human-und Zukunftsorientierung. Studentische Erwartungshaltungen (Ideale) zeigen von den Praktiken signifikant abweichende Werte für alle Kulturdimensionen, am stärksten ausgeprägt hinsichtlich Machtdistanz (Wunsch nach Reduktion), sowie Leistungs-und Humanorientierung (Wunsch nach Zunahme). Die seitens der Studierenden wahrgenommenen Praktiken sind stärker herkunftslandgeprägt als deren eigene Erwartungshaltungen. Daraus folgern wir, dass die Kulturdimensionen innerhalb dieser Region einem Trend zur Harmonisierung unterliegen, zumindest teilweise.
Cultural Dimensions and Leadership Styles Perceived by Future Managers: Differences between Slovenia and a Cluster of Central European Countries
The article contributes to the body of knowledge about the perceptions of future managers (i.e. business and engineering students) in both Slovenia and a cluster of Central European (CE) countries regarding actual cultural practices in their social environments, the value systems they possess and their attitudes to leadership styles. The main question addressed is whether future Slovenian managers are good representatives of the average future manager from CE (transitional) countries as far as their value system and attitudes to individual leadership styles are concerned.
The research results confirm that the Slovenian (potential) future managers perceive actual cultural practices in their environment rather differently from their counterparts from the cluster of CE countries. Two decades of transition from socialist/communist socio-economic systems were apparently not long enough periods to achieve a higher level of harmonisation of existing cultures. The relevant value systems held by the Slovenian (potential) future managers and the CE cluster's future managers still differ significantly. The Slovenian future managers have (statistically) significantly different attitudes to individual leadership styles than their counterparts in the CE countries' cluster. The smallest differences in perceptions between the two stated groups of (potential) future managers exist regarding their views on what are the most important traits and skills of managers.
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