“…This issue has arisen because much evidence exists that people from different countries have diverse work-related national cultures (Adler et al, 1986;Hofktede, 1980, 199 1;Kagitcibasi & Berry, 1989;Laurent, 1983), and that people of di.tTerent cultural origins have ditTerent attitudes toward, or reactions to, the same management controls (Bimberg & Snodgrass, 1988;Chow et al, 199 lb;Daley et a~, 1985;Harrison, 1992;Horovitz, 1980;Kreder & Zeller, 1988). These cultural differences suggest that management controls which are effective in one country may be ineffective, or even dysfunctional, in another.…”