Culture’s consequences for working women in corporate America and Japan, Inc.

Sama, Linda M.; Papamarcos, Steven D.

doi:10.1108/13527600010797075

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“…Although controversy exists as to the derivation and application of the Hofstede measures (e.g. Triandis 1982, Sama & Papamarcos 2000, the existence and conceptual validity of the dimensions have generally been confirmed by related cross-cultural research (e.g. Barkema & Vermeulen 1997, Hoppe 1993).…”

Section: Culture and Ethical Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Effects of justice and utilitarianism on ethical decision making: a cross‐cultural examination of gender similarities and differences

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Stedham

Westerman

et al. 2010

Business Ethics: A European Review

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This study investigates the relationship between intention to behave ethically and gender within the context of national culture. Using Reidenbach and Robin's measures of the ethical dimensions of justice and utilitarianism in a sample of business students from three different countries, we found that gender is significantly related to the respondents' intention to behave ethically. Women relied on both justice as well as utilitarianism when making moral decisions. By contrast, men relied only on justice, and did not rely on utilitarianism when faced with the same ethical issues. Further, women's intention to behave was contextual, significantly affected by two national culture dimensions (uncertainty avoidance and individualism), whereas men's decisions were more universal, and not related to national culture dimensions.

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Section: Culture and Ethical Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Effects of justice and utilitarianism on ethical decision making: a cross‐cultural examination of gender similarities and differences

Beekun

Stedham

Westerman

et al. 2010

Business Ethics: A European Review

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“…While there was no systematic bias in our data collection process, the low turnout among women may be indicative of work trends in Japan, and more specifically, women's representation in the Japanese workforce. In general, women tend to underrepresented in the work force of most developed countries (Mammen & Paxson, 2000), and the level of participation among women is particularly low in countries that adhere strongly to traditional, masculine values (Sama & Papamarcos, 2000). Future studies of disposition and job satisfaction should strive to be more inclusive of women, and capture occupations in which women are more adequately represented.…”

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confidence: 99%

Core self‐evaluations in Japan: relative effects on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness

et al. 2005

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SummaryThe present study tested, in a non-Western culture (Japan), the relative validity in predicting job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness of core self-evaluations (CSE), positive and negative affectivity (PA/NA), and the Neutral Objects Satisfaction Questionnaire (NOSQ). Consistent with previous results in primarily Western cultures, the four lower-order traits that comprise CSE-self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and neuroticismindicated a higher-order factor. While each lower-order trait was itself related to the study's criteria, the CSE concept displayed in general, higher correlations with the dependent variables, and explained incremental variance in two of the study's three outcomes beyond PA, NA, and the NOSQ. These results indicate initial support for the generalizability of CSE in a culture that differs in many respects from Western cultures, and suggest that judgments of satisfaction and happiness in a non-Western culture have a dispositional source.

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“…Conversely, in relatively collectivistic countries group harmony and consensus are of utmost importance. Conflict is resolved via consensus and compromise, and hierarchy is not required to impose authority since loyalty is so well internalized (Sama and Papamarcos, 2000). Based on the cooperative and equalitarian requirements of cellular manufacturing, we propose the following hypothesis: H1: In a cellular manufacturing environment, cells characterized by members' collectivistic orientation will be more productive than cells characterized by members' individualism.…”

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Individualism—Collectivism and Incentive System Design as Predictive of Productivity in a Simulated Cellular Manufacturing Environment

Papamarcos

Latshaw

Watson

2007

Int'l Jnl of Cross Cultural Management

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We respond to recent calls for a more inclusive behavioral as well as structural perspective on today's state-of-the-art manufacturing designs. Specifically, we empirically examine individualism—collectivism's productivity-related consequences for today's agile, cellular manufacturing designs across incentive systems. Findings indicate that, as hypothesized, the alignment of cell members' collectivistic orientation, a cooperative task structure, and equalitarian performance incentives resulted in one of the higher levels of productivity. However, the assumption that productivity will monotonically increase with the alignment of organizational components and worker orientation now appears questionable. While complete misalignment resulted in a productivity deficit averaging 7.6 percent, as long as one of the two major organizational design elements explored in this study (task structure and individual- versus group-based incentives) is aligned with the individualistic or collectivistic orientation of workers, optimal cell productivity is achieved.

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Culture’s consequences for working women in corporate America and Japan, Inc.

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Effects of justice and utilitarianism on ethical decision making: a cross‐cultural examination of gender similarities and differences

Effects of justice and utilitarianism on ethical decision making: a cross‐cultural examination of gender similarities and differences

Core self‐evaluations in Japan: relative effects on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness

Individualism—Collectivism and Incentive System Design as Predictive of Productivity in a Simulated Cellular Manufacturing Environment

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