Effects of national culture on group decision making: a comparative study between Thailand and other Asian countries
| Autor: | Nopadol Rompho, Chiaki Iwai, Monvika Phadoongsitthi, Mitsuru Morita |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Uncertainty avoidance
education.field_of_study Business simulation Higher education business.industry Population Organizational culture General Business Management and Accounting Group decision-making Economy Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory Sociology Marketing China education business General Economics Econometrics and Finance |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Economics and Business Research. 13:110 |
| ISSN: | 1756-9869 1756-9850 |
| DOI: | 10.1504/ijebr.2017.082269 |
| Popis: | This study examines group decision making by employing a business simulation game. We investigate whether differences in individual countries' business cultures determine the distinguishing features of group decision making. In particular, this study compares groups categorised by agent, strategy, and the population of agents. Group characteristics are analysed based on the ranking by Hofstede (1980), along four dimensions - power distance, individualism, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance, of Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Thailand. The four experiments were conducted locally with graduate students at business schools in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Thailand. The results show that there are differences in the approach to cooperation among teams from each country as we hypothesised and that country-specific variables are the source of differences in behaviour. The research findings have implications of cultural dimensions on business practices and managerial behaviour. |
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