Work Values Ethic, GNP Per Capita and Country of Birth Relationships

Workplaces around the world have experienced extraordinary changes to the composition of their workforces and the nature of work. Few studies have explored workers from multiple countries of birth, with multiple religious orientations, working together within a single country of residence. Building...

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Autores principales: McMurray, Adela (Autor) ; Scott, Don (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2013
En: Journal of business ethics
Año: 2013, Volumen: 116, Número: 3, Páginas: 655-666
Otras palabras clave:B Country of birth
B Work values ethic
B GNP per capita
B Immigrants
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Sumario:Workplaces around the world have experienced extraordinary changes to the composition of their workforces and the nature of work. Few studies have explored workers from multiple countries of birth, with multiple religious orientations, working together within a single country of residence. Building on and extending the Work Values Ethic (WVE) literature, we examine 1,382 responses from employees working in three manufacturing companies. Differences were found in the mean WVE scores of groups of respondents from 42 countries of birth. Their WVE scores were strongly associated with their birth countries’ per capita Gross National Product (GNP), and the means of these scores did not change with variations in the respondents’ length of residence in a different country. These results have implications for developing cross-cultural management practices and for improving relationships with employees, with opportunities for increased commitment and, potentially, productivity.
ISSN:1573-0697
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1450-z