Three research questions were studied across three distinct societies--The United States of America, The People's Republic of China, and Venezuela. First, do cultural values and work beliefs differ across the three countries? Second, what is the relationship between cultural values and work beliefs across the three countries? And third, is there a relationship between cultural values and work beliefs on the one hand, and attitudes towards relevant business issues on the other? / A 250 item questionnaire was used to measure: cultural values of individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, power distance, paternalism; work beliefs including the work ethic, humanism, Marxist beliefs, organizational beliefs, and the leisure ethic; and attitudes toward selected national and international business issues. The questionnaire was administered to approximately 1,000 students and managers/professionals in each of the three countries in their native languages (English, Chinese, and Spanish). These two groups were targeted because they represent current and future decision makers and persons of authority in their respective countries. / Significant differences in cultural values and work beliefs were revealed through Multiple Analyses of Variance (MANOVAs). Multiple Regressions revealed several cultural values to be significant predictors of work beliefs. Finally, and most importantly, regression analyses revealed that different combinations of cultural values and work beliefs combined to explain a great deal of variance in attitudes towards socioeconomic issues of importance to international business. Implications for current theory and practice were discussed and directions for future research were given. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-05, Section: A, page: 1816. / Major Professor: Lee P. Stepina. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76410 |
| Contributors | Nicholson, Joel Dean., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 315 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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