Cross-Cultural Analysis of Values and Political Economy Issues

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This review of the literature dealing with management in business in selected countries, and how management is affected by the culture and values of that country attempts to establish a baseline and methodology for developing further empirical studies. The contributors are selected from professional economists and sociologists from the countries discussed. The first part of the work deals with definition of terms and theories that are to be used in the work. The second part of the work deals with individual representative countries in Europe and Latin America, and the third part of the work describes future work needed in the area.

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This book fills an important gap in the search for insights into the operation of different social, political, economic, and particularly, managerial systems. The essays are the fruits of extensive research by a group of scholars coming from different cultures and disciplines who are interested in the development of values, attitudes, and behaviors within a political economy context. The authors have supplied a comprehensive breadth of view combined with an examination of the common threads of value, issues, policies, and initiatives of the countries studies, resulting in an analysis that is far more than a catalogue of cases.-European Foundation of Management Development
This scholarly work is recommended for social and behavioral scientists interested in a comparative analysis of issues that influence organizations.-Choice
"This scholarly work is recommended for social and behavioral scientists interested in a comparative analysis of issues that influence organizations."-Choice
"This book fills an important gap in the search for insights into the operation of different social, political, economic, and particularly, managerial systems. The essays are the fruits of extensive research by a group of scholars coming from different cultures and disciplines who are interested in the development of values, attitudes, and behaviors within a political economy context. The authors have supplied a comprehensive breadth of view combined with an examination of the common threads of value, issues, policies, and initiatives of the countries studies, resulting in an analysis that is far more than a catalogue of cases."-European Foundation of Management Development

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DAN VOICH, JR. is Professor of Management in the College of Business, Florida State University. His special areas of interest include: systems theory and analysis, organization and management theory, comparative systems, and policy formulation and decision making. He has co-authored six books. LEE P. STEPINA is a faculty member of the Management department and Director of the Center for Human Resource Management at Florida State University. He has published many journal articles and has been the principal investigator and research associate on projects dealing with compensation and human resources related to information technology.