A Comparison and Analysis of German and United States Managerial Attitudes Toward the Legitimacy of Organizational Influence
Academy of Management Journal · 1975 · Volume 18 · Issue 4
Abstract
The article presents a study which focuses on the problems of cross-cultural industrial conflict by attempting to identify areas of high and low influence legitimacy in a cross-cultural study of German and United States managers. The methodology of the study and some variables affect the legitimacy of the managers' organizational influence are examined. Severak items with varied levels of cross-cultural importance are examined, including attitude toward unions, the importance attached to getting along with other people, and willingness to participate in workplace politics.
Keywords
CROSS-cultural studies, CONFLICT (Psychology), EXECUTIVES — Attitudes, EXECUTIVES — United States, INDUSTRIAL management — Research, QUESTIONNAIRES, SOCIOCULTURAL factors
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