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Project GLOBE's Performance Orientation explained
Having covered Project GLOBE’s six leadership styles, let’s have a look at the research initiative’s nine dimensions, starting with Performance Orientation (PO).As mentioned in previous columns,...
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Project GLOBE's Future Orientation explained (Photos)
Having looked previously at Performance Orientation and Uncertainty Avoidance among the nine Project GLOBE cross-cultural dimensions, we turn now to Future Orientation (FO).FO refers to planning and...
View ArticleProject GLOBE's Assertiveness Explained (Photos)
Among 61 Project GLOBE societies for which data are available, the U.S. ranks toward the top (10th-highest) in its level of societal Assertiveness (Slide #1 above), which is one of the research...
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Project GLOBE's Uncertainty Avoidance explained (Photos)
Next up in our look at the nine Project GLOBE cross-cultural dimensions is Uncertainty Avoidance (UA), which refers to the use of norms, rules and procedures to manage the unpredictability of future...
View ArticleA preview of `The Cultural Psyche of India:' What we mean by `culture'
Go looking for a definition of "culture," and you'll find more than 100, some of which refer to organizational cultural, others referring to the kind of culture that distinguishes the general...
View ArticleThe Cultural Psyche of India, a new ebook for U.S. Marketers (Photos)
U.S. managers interested in marketing and branding their companies and products in India now have a resource to help them understand the norms of Indian society. It’s called The Cultural Psyche of...
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Project GLOBE's Power Distance explained (Photos)
Power Distance (PD), one of the most interesting among Project GLOBE’s nine dimensions, refers to unequal distribution of power within a society. In fact, all GLOBE societies wish to be lower in PD,...
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Project GLOBE's In-group Collectivism explained (Photos)
In-Group Collectivism (IngC), also known as “Family Collectivism,” is one of two Collectivism (COLL) dimensions measured by Project GLOBE among the 61 societies for which data are available. Project...
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Project GLOBE's Institutional Collectivism explained (Photos)
Institutional Collectivism (InstC), which is one of Project GLOBE’s nine societal dimensions, refers to individuals being encouraged by society’s institutions to be integrated into groups and...
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Project GLOBE's Humane Orientation explained (Photos)
Humane Orientation (HO), one of Project GLOBE’s nine societal dimensions, refers to tolerance of mistakes, as well as societal members being rewarded for showing fairness, altruism, generosity,...
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Project GLOBE's Gender Egalitarianism explained (Photos)
Project GLOBE’s Gender Egalitarianism (GE) refers to gender inequalities being minimized at home, in organizations and within the community. So then, high-GE societies are characterized by low gender...
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No point in looking for Hofstede's North Korean cultural values (Photos)
Googlers Googling North Korean cultural values, take note: There aren’t any (at least that I’ve been able to find) within the academically sourced frameworks.And if you’re familiar with those...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Schwartz societal values
Where Project GLOBE can suggest to us a society’s unmet needs in the form of pain points, the Schwartz values can help us understand a country’s societal-level dissonance.By dissonance, I am referring...
View ArticleThe Schwartz cultural values are based on conceptual opposites
In order to think about how we might apply the Schwartz culture values as we encounter world-of-work decisions, an understanding of “conceptual” or “bi-polar opposites” is necessary.On the surface,...
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'Agency,' is difficult to define
"Agency" is a good example of a term that is encountered often within the organizational psychology literature but rarely defined with a referenced citation. From its context, the term can be inferred...
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Unhappy with your job: Can you job-craft?
Changing the boundaries"Job-crafting" is defined as "the physical and cognitive changes individuals make in the task or relational boundaries of their work" (Wrzesniewski & Dutton, 2001, p. 179)....
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Insults that really hurt: Spain, Germany, Netherlands
Here’s a scenario for you:You are walking on a busy sidewalk and an adult man in a rush collides with you, causing you to fall. He looks at you but gives no indication of apology. What...
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Emic versus etic: A perspective for decision-making
Organizational psychology, organizational effectiveness and how we all work together within the organizations we populate are complex notions that involve multiple perspectives of multiple...
View ArticleKnee-Defender incident points to behavioral sink in the sky
Personal space matters.Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported the diverting of a United Airlines flight for that very reason (1). A male passenger (reportedly) needing space to work using...
View ArticleCultural intelligence is needed by organizations and can be taught
With the pervasiveness of globalization as a driver in the world of work and business, cultural intelligence (CQ) is an organizational capability that should also be an organizational imperative. Yet,...
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