The Differences in Values Between Managers of the European Founding Countries, the New Members and the Applicant Countries : Societal Orientation or Financial Orientation?

Autor: Reynaud, E., Carolyn, Egri P., Ralston, D.A., Danis, Wade, Starkus, Arunas, Dabić, Marina, Wangenheim, Florian, Dalgić, Tevfik, Castro, Francisco B., Potočan, Vojko V.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
Předmět:
Popis: Advocates for a social Europe are worried that the accession of ex-Eastern Bloc countries into the European Community would lead European corporations to emphasize a financial orientation rather than a societal orientation. We examined this question in a study of the values orientations of 3, 836 managers in 16 countries representing established EU, new EU, and candidate EU country groups. Within-Europe managerial values convergence was found in a relatively high openness to change and low self-enhancement values. However, we found divergent values such that managers in established EU countries were more self-transcendent and less conservative than their counterparts in new EU and candidate EU countries. Implications for the convergence of future values within the Europe region are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE