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Open strategy: what is the impact of national culture?

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  • Henry Adobor

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Purpose - This paper aims to argue that national cultural context variables influence open strategy formation processes. This study suggests that country-specific differences may influence open strategy, a form of strategic decision-making and present propositions linking national culture dimensions, national trust orientation and open strategy. Design/methodology/approach - The conceptual framework links the literature on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions to the open strategy paradigm. This paper adopts a contingency approach linking national culture to open strategy. Findings - The theoretical arguments demonstrate that uncertainty avoidance, time orientation, power distance, individualism versus collectivism and national trust culture all have a moderating influence on the antecedents and outcomes of open strategy. The findings extend the external validity of the open strategy paradigm and show that a culture-bound explanation of open strategy may be useful to the understanding of open strategy. Practical implications - The findings highlight the challenges and opportunities that managers face when they adopt open strategy processes in multinational settings and across different cultures. Managers need to be aware that national cultural variables affect how employees behave and how they are likely to act when faced with opportunities for inclusion, shared decision-making and transparency. The findings suggest that training employees ahead of time on the cultural effects of their behavior may aid the successful adoption of open strategy in different cultures. Originality/value - This manuscript to our knowledge, maybe one of the first to make a direct link between openness and national cultural values. In the process, the conceptual framework extends research on the role of context on openness, as well as research at the nexus of cross-cultural issues and strategic decision-making.

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  • Henry Adobor, 2021. "Open strategy: what is the impact of national culture?," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 44(9), pages 1277-1297, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-06-2020-0334
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-06-2020-0334
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    1. Radomska Joanna & Hajdas Monika & Wołczek Przemysław & Glinka Beata, 2024. "Open climate in organizations – insights from a pilot study," International Journal of Contemporary Management, Sciendo, vol. 60(1), pages 92-108, March.
    2. Joanna Radomska & Aleksandra Szpulak & Przemysław Wołczek, 2023. "A multi-item scale for open strategy measurement," DECISION: Official Journal of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Springer;Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, vol. 50(1), pages 51-71, March.

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