COLLAB 2N03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Emotional Contagion, Equity Theory, Minsk National Airport
5 Feb 2015
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Ob chapter 4 value, attitudes, and work behaviour. Values: a broad tendency to prefer certain states of affairs over others. Justin macleod: have to do with what we consider good and bad, signal how we should and shouldn"t behave. 16%-40% of managers who receive foreign assignments terminate them early because of they perform poorly or do not adjust to the culture: many failed business negotiations is attributed to lack of understanding of cross-cultural differences. Individualism vs. collectivism: individualistic societies stress independence, individual initiative, and privacy. Collective cultures favour interdependence and loyalty to family or clan. Individualistic( us, australia, great britain, canada) collective(venezuela, columbia, pakistan) Long term orientation cultures stress persistence, perseverance, thrift, and close attention to status differences(china, taiwan, japan, south korea): short term orientation cultures stress personal steadiness and stability, face-saving, and social niceties(us, canada, great britain, zimbabwe, and nigeria). Job satisfaction: a collection of attitudes that workers have about their jobs.
