HCBE Faculty Articles
Value Orientation of Indian and U.S. Respondents: A Study of Gender, Education, and National Culture
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
SAM Advanced Management Journal
ISSN
0036-0805
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Abstract/Excerpt
Today, many managers supervise employees from other cultures and, therefore, must understand their values. Value theory states that a person's principal values drive their behavior The authors surveyed 121 Indians and 703 Americans to understand attitudes toward two workplace values--relationships and task completion. Responses were analyzed by education, gender; and culture (high-context, collective Indian culture versus low-context, individualistic American culture). Somewhat surprisingly, workers in both cultures valued relationships over tasks, but relative results produced differences. The focus on relationships suggests that value theory and value-driven management are fundamental to organizational success.
Volume
75
Issue
4
First Page
40
Last Page
49
NSUWorks Citation
Mujtaba, Bahaudin and Pohlman, R., "Value Orientation of Indian and U.S. Respondents: A Study of Gender, Education, and National Culture" (2010). HCBE Faculty Articles. 429.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/429
