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The Impact of Societal Culture on the Use of Performance Strategies in East Asia: Evidence from a comparative survey

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  • Berman
  • Sabharwal
  • Wang
  • West
  • Jing
  • Jan
  • Liu
  • Brillantes
  • Chen
  • Gomes

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The role of societal culture affecting bureaucratic processes is often suspected and asserted, but seldom researched in comparative ways. This article provides a general framework and systematic, comparative evidence showing societal values permeating organizational practices relating to performance. This study examines effects of work ethic, group belonging, and followership in a survey of public managers in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, and the United States. Results show (i) culture having foremost indirect effects on performance strategy and (ii) culture being as relevant an explanatory factor as HRM or leadership, when both direct and indirect effects of culture are considered. A key study implication is that researchers should not ignore societal culture in decisions surrounding the selection and implementation of management efforts and conditions that shape performance practice in organizations. This study contributes by providing a framework and evidence showing how culture's effects on performance occur.

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  • Berman & Sabharwal & Wang & West & Jing & Jan & Liu & Brillantes & Chen & Gomes, 2013. "The Impact of Societal Culture on the Use of Performance Strategies in East Asia: Evidence from a comparative survey," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(8), pages 1065-1089, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:15:y:2013:i:8:p:1065-1089
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2013.816522
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    1. Sadia Hanif & Ali Ahsan & Graham Wise, 2020. "Icebergs of Expertise-Based Leadership: The Role of Expert Leaders in Public Administration," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-19, June.
    2. Triguero-Sánchez, Rafael & Peña-Vinces, Jesús & Ferreira, João J. Matos, 2022. "The effect of collectivism-based organisational culture on employee commitment in public organisations," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

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