Expatriates and host country nationals: managerial values and
decision styles

Ali, Abbas J.; Azim, Ahmed Abdul; Krishnan, Krish S.

doi:10.1108/01437739510092252

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“…Their grouped comparison with UAE nationals is a limitation of the current study and further significant sampling of other Arab nationalities is needed to enhance our understanding of the generalizability of the concept of an 'Arab work ethic.' Research suggests that managers view Middle Eastern expatriates as hard working (Ali et al 1995), while Forstenlechner et al (2012 reveals that employers contend that UAE-nationals are less vocationally motivated in comparison to their non-national counterparts. The current study reveals comparable levels of Centrality of Work and Hard Work ethic among UAE nationals and non-nationals.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Studies in the Middle Eastern context also report expatriate managers scoring significantly higher than hostcountry nationals in terms of work ethics (Ali and AlKazemi 2007;Ali et al 1995). Considering this prior research, we propose the following hypothesis:…”

Section: Work Ethic and Nationalitymentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Ali et al (1995) report managers in state enterprises as more manipulative than their government agency counterparts. Such findings have obvious implications for the Morality/ethic dimension of the MWEP.…”

Section: Work Ethic and Work Preferencementioning

confidence: 96%

“…In addition, two other demographic variables are included. Work preference is included as considerable prior research has identified a link between this variable and variation in work values (Ali et al 1995;Berings et al 2004;Warr 2008a). It is also viewed as an important variable to consider in the context of the UAE, from which the sample is drawn, given the enormous imbalance in work preference among UAE nationals toward the government sector (Forstenlechner et al 2012).…”

Section: Work Ethic and Demographic And Situational Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Empirical Alternative to Sidani and Thornberry’s (2009) ‘Current Arab Work Ethic’: Examining the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile in an Arab Context

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2014

J Bus Ethics

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While the concept of work ethic has been discussed in the Arab context (Sidani and Thornberry in J Bus Eth 91(1): [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] 2009), the significant conceptual and methodological limitations of the existing work ethic and work value research elucidate the need for a more robust investigation of the multidimensional work ethic construct in the Arab context. Multidimensionality of the work ethic concept has gained considerable attention in recent years as researchers attempt to move away from the religiously labeled Islamic and Protestant work ethic conceptualizations. The current study examines the Arab work ethic through the use of the multidimensional work ethic profile (MWEP) on a sample of future business leaders in the United Arab Emirates. A total of 484 business students completed an Arabic version of the MWEP short form. The results show that centrality of work and hard work are the highest scoring work ethics followed by self-reliance, wasted time, and leisure. There are significant differences in work ethic dimensions across gender and categories of family breadwinner. No significant differences in work ethic dimensions are observed across categories of nationality and work preference groups. The findings are discussed in relation to the unique insight they offer on the nature of work ethic in an Arab context.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Work Ethic and Nationalitymentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Work Ethic and Work Preferencementioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Work Ethic and Demographic And Situational Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Of additional relevance is that a consultative style of leadership was found in non-healthcare organizations in UAE (Ali, Azim, & Krishnan, 1995;Yousef, 1998). Yousef (1998, p. 280) saw this style as more applicable to the influence of Islamic and tribalistic values and beliefs because of its tendency to be participatory and democratic.…”

Section: Universality and Applicablity Of Leadership Style To Differementioning

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Leadership style and culturally competent care: Nurse leaders’ views of their practice in the multicultural care settings of the United Arab Emirates

Amouri

O'Neill

2014

Contemporary Nurse

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An Analytical Study on Public Leadership Styles Influencing Organizational Effectiveness of Indian Public Sector Banks: Today and Tomorrow

Mitra

2020

J of Leadership Studies

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The Indian government has initiated a sea change by merging the public sector banks (PSBs). The number of banks is reducing drastically; though such mergers are taking place to construct viable banks so that they can compete globally with a bigger capital base. In this regard, descriptive research was performed to identify the most significant factors of effective public leadership styles of Indian PSBs to safeguard the human perspectives after merger. The study explored both preferred present as well as their future leadership styles. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the preferred public leadership styles towards organizational effectiveness of Indian PSBs both for today (preference) and in the future (expectation). Senior employees (N = 308) from PSBs located in all four regions of India were surveyed to develop a model based on the aforesaid present and future public leadership styles. Multivariate analyses were conducted to develop a model for the present, as well as future, public leadership styles at Indian PSBs. Because of the anticipation of supplementary changes in the Indian PSBs, the current study is relevant as it emphasizes the preferable public leadership styles and shows how some traditional and contemporary leadership styles emerge as the most preferable. Moreover, the current study may offer insights necessary to reengineer age‐old management styles, and to adopt the suggested approaches of public leadership not only to overcome today's problematic situation, but to also be proactive in the future.

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Expatriates and host country nationals: managerial values and decision styles

Cited by 42 publications

References 32 publications

An Empirical Alternative to Sidani and Thornberry’s (2009) ‘Current Arab Work Ethic’: Examining the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile in an Arab Context

An Empirical Alternative to Sidani and Thornberry’s (2009) ‘Current Arab Work Ethic’: Examining the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile in an Arab Context

Leadership style and culturally competent care: Nurse leaders’ views of their practice in the multicultural care settings of the United Arab Emirates

An Analytical Study on Public Leadership Styles Influencing Organizational Effectiveness of Indian Public Sector Banks: Today and Tomorrow

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