Eastern european cluster: tradition and transition

Poland, a workforce in transition: Exploring leadership styles and effectiveness of Polish vs. Western expatriate managers

“…Humane Orientation is a value dimension that refers to social encouragement and rewarding of behaviours displaying fairness, altruism, generosity and care to others (House et al 2004). Similar results were reported by a team of GLOBE researchers (Bakacsi et al 2002), who found the Poland resembled in this way several other former East European countries and, more recently, by Catana/Pucko/Krzykala-Schaefer (2013).…”

Trends and determinants of corporate non-financial disclosure in Greece

“…Bakacsi et al (2002) outline the highly individualistic, low performance target-setting as well as short-range oriented culture of Greek managers. Such an attitude fails to identify that NFD disclosure can be a new, innovative tool for gaining control and visibility of the environmental and social impact on the organizational level, highlighting the importance of gathering and assessing related internal information as well as discovering latent parameters of business operation of which they were previously unaware (Hedberg and von Malmborg, 2003).…”

Are Managers in Slovakia Ethical Leaders? Key Findings on the Level of Ethical Leadership in the Slovak Business Environment

“…Their results indicate that justice, as a classic ethical virtue, and its effects are strongest among nations associated with low power distance, individualism, femininity and uncertainty avoidance. These cultural traits are mostly typical for countries in the Western part of the world (Western Europe, USA), while high power distance, collectivism and masculinity characterize countries of the CEE region mostly (Bakacsi et al, 2002; on conceptual differences between Hofstede's and GLOBE intercultural dimensions see for instance Andó, 2008). Thus, the moral value of justice is more embedded in the western societies than in the eastern ones.…”