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  • 1.  Cross-cultural work family literature

    Posted 11-09-2008 16:06

    Dear Colleagues,

     

    We are preparing a review of the cross-cultural work family literature. If you have any in-press manuscripts that use data from non-US samples or that compare work-family experience across cultures, would you please send us a copy? Please send manuscripts to Yu-Shan Hsu at yhsu@uwm.edu

     

    Thank you!

    Margaret Shaffer, Janice Joplin, Yu-Shan Hsu



  • 2.  Cross-cultural work family literature

    Posted 11-10-2008 08:06

    I have nothing in press but this article you might not realize has  some work family issues in it. An earlier version was presented at Academy of Mgt, 2001 that has some individual item results that are more relevant is attached.

    Granrose, Cherlyn S., "Gender differences in Career Perceptions in the People's Republic of China" Career Development International, 12 (1), 2007, 9-27.

     

     

    Cherlyn S. Granrose, Ph.D.

    Professor and Chair, Department of Management

    Berry College

    Campbell School of Business

    218 Green Hall

    2277 Martha Berry Highway NW

    Rome, GA 30149-5024

     

    Tel: (706) 290-2684

    Fax: (706) 802-6728

     

    From: International Management Discussion List [mailto:IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Yu-Shan Hsu
    Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 4:06 PM
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    Subject: Cross-cultural work family literature

     

    Dear Colleagues,

     

    We are preparing a review of the cross-cultural work family literature. If you have any in-press manuscripts that use data from non-US samples or that compare work-family experience across cultures, would you please send us a copy? Please send manuscripts to Yu-Shan Hsu at yhsu@uwm.edu

     

    Thank you!

    Margaret Shaffer, Janice Joplin, Yu-Shan Hsu



  • 3.  Cross-cultural work family literature

    Posted 11-10-2008 09:24

    You may want to look at:

    Founder centrality effects on the Mexican family firm's top management group: firm culture, strategic vision and goals, and firm performance
    Journal of World Business
    Volume 37, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 139-150

    Nicholas Athanassiou , William F. Crittenden, Louise M. Kelly, and Pedro Marquez
    Abstract
    Using social networks, we examined the founder's influence on key strategic behaviors in Mexican family business. First, we drew on a sample of 42 Mexican family businesses and 201 managers to show how founder centrality affects the top management group (TMG) members' cohesiveness. TMG members' cohesiveness was examined in terms of the firm's culture, its strategic vision, and strategic goals. Second, we examined how founder centrality and top management member group cohesiveness are related to performance in terms of financial, social and family-oriented objectives. Significant relationships were found between a founder's centrality and the TMGs strategic behavior. Further, significant results connect different aspects of the founder's centrality and the TMGs strategic behavior to financial, social and family-oriented objectives.

    Author Keywords: Family-business; Founder centrality; Top management team; Strategic planning; Strategic decision making; Social networks



    Nicholas Athanassiou, Ph. D.
    Associate Professor, International Business and Strategy
    International Business and Strategy Group Coordinator
    Academic Program Director,  Bachelor of Science in International Business
    313 Hayden Hall
    College of Business Administration
    Northeastern University
    Boston, MA 02115
    (617)373-5759
    n.athanassiou@neu.edu
    http://www.cba.neu.edu/



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    Dear Colleagues,
     
    We are preparing a review of the cross-cultural work family literature. If you have any in-press manuscripts that use data from non-US samples or that compare work-family experience across cultures, would you please send us a copy? Please send manuscripts to Yu-Shan Hsu at yhsu@uwm.edu
     
    Thank you!
    Margaret Shaffer, Janice Joplin, Yu-Shan Hsu


  • 4.  Cross-cultural work family literature

    Posted 11-10-2008 12:33

    This might be relevant:

    "The Influence of National Culture and Institutional Voids on Family Ownership of Large Firms: A Country Level Empirical Study" in Journal of International Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2009

    Abstract: There is considerable variation across countries in both the extent to which large publicly listed firms are family-owned and the dominance of such family-owned firms in stock markets. The literature presents competing theoretical viewpoints on what influences such country-level variation. On one hand, institutional economists suggest that institutional voids can have a strong influence. On the other hand, cultural sociologists suggest that a country's culture can have a strong influence. One type of institutional void is a lack of institutional norms and regulations needed for monitoring contracts (which can discourage owners from hiring professional agents for top management positions in their firms) and another type of institutional void is a lack of financial credit availability in the country. Cultural dimensions include collectivism (i.e. cohesion within in-groups/families) and power distance (i.e. inequalities in society). This country-level empirical study suggests that both national culture and institutional voids influence family ownership patterns around the world, and that institutional voids moderate the influence of national culture. National culture has a stronger influence when a country has institutional voids; however, the influence of national culture weakens when institutional voids are overcome.

    Download in-press article: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1151025



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    -----Original Message-----
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    Sent: Sun 11/9/2008 3:05 PM
    To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Cross-cultural work family literature

    Dear Colleagues,



    We are preparing a review of the cross-cultural work family literature. If
    you have any in-press manuscripts that use data from non-US samples or that
    compare work-family experience across cultures, would you please send us a
    copy? Please send manuscripts to Yu-Shan Hsu at yhsu@uwm.edu



    Thank you!

    Margaret Shaffer, Janice Joplin, Yu-Shan Hsu



  • 5.  Cross-cultural work family literature

    Posted 11-11-2008 14:16
    Here are a few studies you may find relevant. They all, directly or
    indirectly, cross-culturally assess family values, usually expressed as
    importance of family as opposed to work centrality.

    Ali, A. J. (1992). The Islamic Work Ethic in Arabia. Journal of Psychology:
    Interdisciplinary & Applied, 126(5), 507-519.
    Billing, T. K. (2007). Cross Cultural Variations in Work-Family Conflict: A
    Closer Look at Vertical and Horizontal Individualism and Collectivism. Paper
    presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting,
    Indianapolis, IN.
    Diener, E., Gohm, C. L., Suh, E., & Oishi, S. (2000). Similarity of the
    relations between marital status and subjective wellbeing across cultures.
    Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 31(4), 419-436.
    Freeberg, A. L., & H., S. C. (1996). Felt obligations towards parents in
    Mexican-American and Anglo-American young adults. Journal of Social and
    Personal Relationships, 13, 457-471.
    Grace, S. L. (2001). The nature of independent and interdependent
    self-construals: A focus on psychological relatedness. Unpublished doctoral
    dissertation, University of Windsor, Canada.
    Harpaz, I., Honig, B., & Coetsier, P. (2002). A cross-cultural longitudinal
    analysis of the meaning of work and the socialization process of career
    starters. Journal of World Business, 37(4), 230-244.
    Shkodriani, G. M. (1998). Individualism-collectivism and work values among
    employees in Mexico and the United States of America. Unpublished doctoral
    dissertation, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
    Yang, N. (1996). Effects of individualism-collectivism on perceptions and
    outcomes of work-family conflict: A cross-cultural perspective. Unpublished
    doctoral dissertation, State University of New York, Buffalo.

    I hope this helps.
    Vas


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    [mailto:IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chakrabarty, Subrata
    Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:33 AM
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    Subject: Re: Cross-cultural work family literature

    This might be relevant:

    "The Influence of National Culture and Institutional Voids on Family
    Ownership of Large Firms: A Country Level Empirical Study" in Journal of
    International Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2009

    Abstract: There is considerable variation across countries in both the
    extent to which large publicly listed firms are family-owned and the
    dominance of such family-owned firms in stock markets. The literature
    presents competing theoretical viewpoints on what influences such
    country-level variation. On one hand, institutional economists suggest that
    institutional voids can have a strong influence. On the other hand, cultural
    sociologists suggest that a country's culture can have a strong influence.
    One type of institutional void is a lack of institutional norms and
    regulations needed for monitoring contracts (which can discourage owners
    from hiring professional agents for top management positions in their firms)
    and another type of institutional void is a lack of financial credit
    availability in the country. Cultural dimensions include collectivism (i.e.
    cohesion within in-groups/families) and power distance (i.e. inequalities in
    society). This country-level empirical study suggests that both national
    culture and institutional voids influence family ownership patterns around
    the world, and that institutional voids moderate the influence of national
    culture. National culture has a stronger influence when a country has
    institutional voids; however, the influence of national culture weakens when
    institutional voids are overcome.

    Download in-press article: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1151025



    .



    -----Original Message-----
    From: International Management Discussion List on behalf of Yu-Shan Hsu
    Sent: Sun 11/9/2008 3:05 PM
    To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Cross-cultural work family literature

    Dear Colleagues,



    We are preparing a review of the cross-cultural work family literature. If
    you have any in-press manuscripts that use data from non-US samples or that
    compare work-family experience across cultures, would you please send us a
    copy? Please send manuscripts to Yu-Shan Hsu at yhsu@uwm.edu



    Thank you!

    Margaret Shaffer, Janice Joplin, Yu-Shan Hsu