HCBE Faculty Articles
Title
Stress, Task, and Relationship Orientations across German and Vietnamese Cultures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Publication Title
International Business and Management
ISSN or ISBN
1993-5250
Volume
5
Issue/Number
1
First Page
10
Last Page
20
Abstract/Excerpt
Cultural background and context can be an important predictor of a manager’s behavior, stress and leadership orientation. This paper examines the stress, task, and relationship orientations of people in the high-context culture of Vietnam and in the low-context culture of Germany. As a result of the analysis of 420 responses, some significant differences were found between the two samples. It appears that Vietnamese have higher scores on task, relationship and stress orientations than German respondents. While gender is a significant factor in stress perceptions, it did not demonstrate any differences in the task and relationship orientations of these respondents. In this paper, literature on German and Vietnamese cultures is presented along with practical application, suggestions and implications for future studies.
DOI
10.3968/j.ibm.1923842820120501.1060
NSUWorks Citation
Nguyen, L. D.; Mujtaba, Bahaudin; and Boehmer, T., "Stress, Task, and Relationship Orientations across German and Vietnamese Cultures" (2012). HCBE Faculty Articles. 265.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/265
